Voltaire :
Candide: Or, Optimism
Translator: PeterConstantine, Introduction by: DianeJohnson
Modern Library , 2005
Quality paperback, 119 pages
Size: 204x133 mm
ISBN: 9780812972016
ISBN-10: 0812972015
You save: 30%
Voltaire
Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) (1694--1778) Was One Of The Key Thinkers Of The European Enlightenment. Of His Many Works, "Candide" Remains The Most Popular. <Br>Peter Constantine Was Awarded The 1998 Pen Translation Award For "Six Early Stories "By Thomas Mann And The 1999 National Translation Award For "The Undiscovered Chekhov: Forty-Three New Stories." Widely Acclaimed For His Recent Translation Of The Complete Works Of Isaac Babel, He Also Translated Gogol's "Taras Bulba" And Tolstoy's "The Cossacks "For The Modern Library. His Translations Of Fiction And Poetry Have Appeared In Many Pu
Peter Constantine
Peter Constantine, Winner Of A Pen Book-Of-The-Month Club Translation Prize And A National Translation Award, Has Earned Wide Acclaim For His Translation Of The Complete Works Of Isaac Babel. His Modern Library Translations Include Gogol's Taras Bulba And Voltaire's Candide. <Br>Cynthia Ozick Is The Celebrated Author Of Many Novels, Including The Shawl, The Puttermesser Papers, And Heir To The Glimmering World, And Winner Of The National Book Critics Circle Award For Her Essay Collection Quarrel & Quandary.
Diane Johnson
Diane Johnson, A Three-Time National Book Award Finalist (Most Recently In 1997 For Le Divorce), Is The Author Of Twelve Previous Books. She Divides Her Time Between San Francisco And Paris.
