NEW YORK, June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Penguin Books is pleased to
announce the Penguin Classics Deluxe edition of Leo Tolstoy's ANNA KARENINA is
the Summer 2004 selection for Oprah's Book Club, the biggest book club in the
world. Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, this
award-winning Penguin Classics edition of the world famous novel is a
recipient of the prestigious PEN/BOMC Translation Prize, presented by the PEN
American Center and the Book-of-the-Month Club for a distinguished book length
translation from any language into English.
Kathryn Court, President and Publisher of Penguin Classics, says, "I am
ecstatic that Oprah has selected our Penguin Classics Deluxe edition of ANNA
KARENINA. It is one of my favorite novels-a story of love, marriage and
adultery that in the Pevear/Volokhonsky superb translation, is absolutely
enthralling. It is very gratifying that Oprah chose this edition of the great
Russian novel, as the publication of this translation in 2001 is part of our
ongoing commitment to publish the best contemporary translations of our
classic books."
Hailed at publication by reviewers across the country, the San Francisco
Chronicle called the Pevear-Volokhonsky translation "an 'Anna Karenina' for
our time" and went on to say that the "shining result is that Tolstoy's book
reads as if it could have been written yesterday." James Wood, in his New
Yorker review wrote, "Pevear and Volokhonsky are at one scrupulous translators
and vivid stylists of English, and their superb rendering allows us, as
perhaps never before, to grasp the palpability of Tolstoy's characters, acts,
situations."
The website http://www.oprah.com provides details about how to join
Oprah's Book Club online. Registration is free.
Penguin Classics is the publisher of many outstanding and award-winning
translations of classic literature including:
* The acclaimed translations of Homer's THE ILIAD and THE ODYSSEY by
Robert Fagles. A recipient of an Academy Award from The American
Academy of Arts and Letters and winner of the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal
for Translation and the Academy of American Poets Landon Translation
Prize for THE ILIAD, Dr. Fagles brings the energy of contemporary
language to this enduring heroic epic. "A great achievement," said
Anthony Hecht. "Robert Fagles made these pages sing with ancient and
modern power, and, with a clean, clear language, has brought Homer back
to life."
* The award-winning translation of Proust's REMEMBERANCE OF THINGS PAST
by Lydia Davis available in December of 2004. Davis won the
French-American Foundation Translation Prize for Fiction.
* The ancient Japanese epic THE TALE OF GENJI, by Murasaki Shikubu; which
is widely celebrated as the world's first novel. Royall Tyler's
translation; the first in over 25 years, was hailed by The Wall Street
Journal as "a landmark event ... likely to be the definitive edition
for many years to come," and Newsweek said, "This latest edition is
reader friendly at every turn." Tyler received the 2002-2003
Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Award for the Translation of Japanese
Literature.
* PEN/ BOMC Translation Prize winner Tina Nunnelly's translation of
Sigrid Undset's KRISTIN LAVRANSDATTER III: THE CROSS
* PEN/ BOMC Translation Prize winner Richard Siebruth's translation of
Gerard de Nerval's SELECTED WRITINGS.
* The newly translated Freud Library; each edition with an outstanding
new translation under the direction of series editor Adam Phillips
Penguin Classics is the undisputed leader in classics publishing in the
U.S. and the English-speaking world. The Penguin Classics list, with over
1500 titles, was re-launched in 2003 with fresh new packages, updated notes
and introductions as well as improved paper and type settings.
If you would like to speak to Kathryn Court, President and Publisher of
Penguin Classics or Michael Millman, Executive Editor of Penguin Classics,
please contact Maureen Donnelly, Vice President, Director of Publicity,
Penguin Classics, 212-366-2272.
NOTE TO THE PRESS
Penguin Books and the Penguin Classics publish more than 250 titles in
trade paperback each year that include many literary award winners and New
York Times bestsellers.
Founded in London in 1935 by Allen Lane, Penguin Books introduced
paperback publishing to the world.
Penguin Classics (founded in 1946) is known in both the book trade as well
as in academia as the most comprehensive publisher of the classics in the
world with more than 1300 titles in print.
Penguin Classics re-launched its line in January 2003, and while
continuing to aggressively publish new classics each month, is also in the
midst of an ambitious plan of repackaging its entire 1300 book backlist with
striking new covers and improved print and paper quality.
Penguin has long been committed to publishing great fiction and
nonfiction, including the work of
-- 29 Nobel Laureates (including John Steinbeck)
-- 11 Pulitzer Prize winners
-- 14 National Book Award winners
-- 7 Mann-Booker Prize Winners
-- a host of other literary award winners
Penguin Group (USA) Inc. is the U.S. member of the internationally
renowned Penguin Group. Penguin Group (USA) is one of the leading U.S. adult
and children's trade book publishers, owning a wide range of imprints and
trademarks, including Berkley Books, Dutton, Frederick Warne, G.P. Putnam's
Sons, Grosset & Dunlap, New American Library, Penguin, Philomel, Plume,
Puffin, Riverhead Books, and Viking, among others. The Penguin Group is part
of Pearson plc, the international media company.
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CONTACT:
Maureen Donnelly, Vice President, Director of
Publicity, Penguin Classics, +1-212-366-2272
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