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Alexei Navalny’s demise spotlights how death and displacement are portrayed in the media and in literature

A hard-boiled, middle-aged gumshoe with time on his hands is persuaded to track down a missing dog, presumed stolen.

Every highbrow hack, as Evelyn Waugh described Cyril Connolly, is apt to experience an embarrassment of riches when it comes to recommending books for the beach and other seasonal retreats from workaday life. Surveying the bookcase and its shelf of recent titles, this year is very much of a kind

The job of a translator is both difficult and one of great responsibility. An author can be utterly . . . .

Translating Great Russian Literature: The Penguin Russian Classics is published by Routledge New research reveals story of Penguin’s work to bring Russian classics to English readers in the 20th century New research reveals for the first time the personal efforts and innovations behind major efforts in the 20 th century to publish classic Russian literature in accessible and affordable English translations. From 1950, Penguin brought great works by golden-age Russian writers to general readers in Britain and beyond. The legacy of this work still influences Russian translators – and readi...