The translator
by John Crowley
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A novel of tremendous scope and beauty, The Translator tells of the relationship between an exiled Russian poet and his American translator during the Cuban missile crisis, a time when a writer's words -- especially forbidden ones -- could be powerful enough to change the course of history.
ExilesTranslatorsRussiansTranslating and interpretingCuban Missile Crisis, 1962PoetsFictionRomanceAmerican Fantasy fictionHistorical FictionNew York Times reviewedFiction, historical, general