The Golovlyov Family

ISBN: 146830156X

Author: Saltykov, M.E.

Condition: New

Arina Petrovna, matriarch of the estate, maintains strict control of her world -- until the balance of power is upset by her scheming, hypocritical son, whose nickname is "little Judas." What follows is a disquieting story of isolation and disintegration, in a place reminiscent of the elusive Macondo in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. In this masterful translation "to be preferred at all costs . . . Cioran does have an edge . . . in the closeness to the original as well as sensitivity to telling phrases and expressions" (Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English).