Rosamund Bartlett is een cultuurhistorica met diepgaande expertise in de Russische literatuur, muziek en kunst. Haar werk verkent met name het Europese modernisme, opera en de ingewikkelde verbanden tussen politiek, geschiedenis en kunst. Bartlett biedt een genuanceerd begrip van de wisselwerking van deze culturele krachten. Door haar biografieën en vertalingen biedt ze lezers diepgaande inzichten in het rijke weefsel van de Russische cultuur.
A New Translation by Rosamund Bartlett, English Edition
One of the greatest novels ever written, Anna Karenina is the story of a beautiful woman whose passionate love for a handsome officer sweeps aside all other ties. This major translation conveys Tolstoy's precision of meaning and emotional accuracy in an English version that is highly readable and stylistically faithful.
This is a collection of Chekhov's most lyrical stories in a new translation of great skill and originality, published in 2004 to coincide with the centenary of Chekhov's death.
From the streets of Bulgakov's Moscow to the country estates of Tolstoy, Literary Russia is a breathtaking guide to one of the greatest traditions of literature. Rosamund Bartlett and Anna Benn take us from the museums to the sites most central to the canon of Russian letters. A book to be read at home as much as by travelers, Literary Russia sketches an extraordinary portrait of Russia that unfolds in vivid detail.