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Rich in situational comedy psychological complexity social satire and incisive depictions of class ethnicity and sexuality \u003ci\u003eOblomov\u003c\/i\u003e is clearly a novel that was written for all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIvan Alexandrovich Goncharov\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1812 in Simbirsk Russia the son of a wealthy grain merchant. He graduated from Moscow University in 1834 and spent thirty years in government service starting out as a low-level bureaucrat and eventually becoming the chief government censor. Goncharov’s first novel \u003ci\u003eA Common Story\u003c\/i\u003e which was published in 1847 explored the conflicts in Russian society between the landed gentry and the rising middle class. A travelogue \u003ci\u003eThe Frigate Pallada\u003c\/i\u003e published in 1858 covered his adventures in England Africa and Japan during the 1850s. \u003ci\u003eOblomov\u003c\/i\u003e his best-known work published in 1859 brought him wide acclaim including praise from Fyodor Dostoevsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Precipice\u003c\/i\u003e published in 1869 after his retirement from government service and he died in St. Petersburg in 1891. Goncharov also wrote criticism essays and short stories which were left unpublished until 1919.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is an excellent translation . . . I have no hesitation recommending it. . . .Pearl’s rendering is fluid elegant and witty and it is a great relief to have a replacement for the 1954 translation by David Margarshack which is dated. ”—Barbara Henry University of Washington\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A fine new translation.” — Michael Dirda \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Though it would be absurd to expect that Pearl has unveiled a new \u003ci\u003eOblomov\u003c\/i\u003e—one that significantly alters the reader’s view of Goncharov’s masterpiece—this translation clearly surpasses its predecessors. Eschewing the dangerous 'be-literal-at-all-costs' principle observed by some translators Pearl offers a consistently smooth supple and idiomatic rendition of the novel—a version that preserves the 'spirit' of the original Russian text. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers all levels.”— R. Gregg emeritus Vassar College \u003ci\u003eChoice Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Stephen Pearl’s translation is by far the best I’ve read . . . it boasts a livelier more contemporary idiom while it faithfully reproduces Goncharov’s 19th-century Russian.” —John Givens University of Rochester\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A deep warm bath of a book something you can slip down into silently and fall gently through its pages until you are drowsy with pleasure. . . . 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Finding nothing that moved her she began a monthly journal about the deeply personal side of her loss her loneliness and her struggle to come to terms with her independence and her new self.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Grieving Time\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving and comforting account of her recovery—a book for grieving spouses or for anyone facing the loss of a loved one through death or divorce. 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