a time for war and peace

About a year ago or so I put out a call asking for a recommendation on a War and Peace translation. I was told then to wait for a new translation being written by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky that, I was told, would be available soon. I checked at the time and the only mention I could find of it was in an interview with Pevear. The recommendation came from a trusted source (though I only met him once three years ago through a mutual friend), so I decided to wait.

Every couple of months I’d check Amazon to see if they had a listing yet. Finally, last night, as I was looking up the new Douglas Coupland novel (to, in a very geeky & digital way, confirm it’s existence, even though I had it physically in hand), I did a quick search for “Pevear” and there it was. Not only was it there, but it’s coming out in just 10 days. So October will apparently be the month where I buy a lot of books because goodness knows I don’t have enough.