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The Translator

The Translator

The Translator
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The Translator Hardback - 2002

by John Crowley

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  • Title The Translator
  • Author John Crowley
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher William Morrow, New York
  • Publication date 2002
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2AA-01-3167
  • ISBN 9780380978625 / 0380978628
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.54 x 6.39 x 0.96 in (24.23 x 16.23 x 2.44 cm)
  • Category Fiction - Historical
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Poets
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001040324
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
  • Quantity available 1

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From the publisher

In John Crowley's new novel, he tells a tale of tremendous scope and beauty, set in a time when a writer's words -- especially forbidden ones -- could be powerful enough to change the course of history.

In 1962, at a large college in the Midwest, a young woman with a troubled recent history registers for a class -- a class that is to be taught by an exiled Russian poet. A writer herself, Kit Malone is drawn to Innokenti Falin, as he is called. The two forge a friendship that develops into something more: He asks her to help translate his work.

With the tension of the cold war accelerating toward a crisis in Cuba, the atmosphere on campus becomes contentious. Meanwhile, working on each poem with Falin, Kit finds herself able to face the secrets that made her swear never to write her own poetry again. And as the summer slips away, a delicate love grows between two displaced people.

It will not be until years later, though, that Kit will realize what really happened on the last night she spent with Falin, while the country held its breath against the threat of war.

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