Malinovka Heights

By (author) Goncharov, Ivan; Translated by Pearl Stephen
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Here presented for the first time in unabridged form in a sparkling new translation by Stephen Pearl, Goncharov''s final novel deserves to be reassessed as one of the most important classics of nineteenth-century Russian literature.
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Only edition in print

After his university studies and a short stint in the army and the civil service, thirty-something Boris Pavlovich Raisky enjoys the life of an artist, frequenting St Petersburg’s elegant circles, dabbing at his paintings, playing a little music and entertaining thoughts of writing a novel. But for a man like him, who has achieved nothing so far and by his own admission is “not born to work”, the bustle of the capital proves too much, so he decides to visit his country estate of Malinovka. There he hopes to rediscover the joys of a simpler and more authentic life – but when he becomes emotionally involved with his beautiful cousin Vera and meets the dangerous freethinker Mark Volokhov, the scene is set for a chain of events that will lead to disappointment, confrontation and, ultimately, tragedy.

Conceived twenty years before its initial publication in 1869, and regarded by its author as his best work, Malinovka Heights (previously translated in English as The Precipice) is Goncharov’s crowning achievement as a novelist and a triumph of psychological insight. Here presented for the first time in unabridged form in a sparkling new translation by Stephen Pearl, Goncharov’s final novel deserves to be reassessed as one of the most important classics of nineteenth-century Russian literature.

Review quote:
...ten heads above me in talent.
Biographical note:
Ivan Goncharov (1812–91) was a Russian official, novelist, critic and travel writer, who is best remembered for his masterpiece Oblomov.
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The first unabridged publication of Goncharov’s masterpiece, which took him twenty years to finish. This new translation is by the award-winning translator Stephen Pearl.
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The first unabridged publication of Malinovka Heights, Goncharov’s masterpiece
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New Translation and only single-volume edition
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Perfect companion to Oblomov and The Same Old Story, all translated by Stephen Pearl