{"product_id":"9781559367813","title":"A Month in the Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Pevear and Volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of English.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne week before her thirtieth birthday, the simple life of dutiful wife and mother Natalya is upended when the arrival of her son's charming new tutor unleashes a whirlwind of love, lust, and jealousy. This revelatory new translation by renowned playwright Richard Nelson along with Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky—the foremost contemporary translators of classic Russian literature, including the best-selling Oprah's Book Club selection, \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e—marks the second of a series of translations of important Russian plays to be published over the next ten years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e's many plays include \u003ci\u003eRodney's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGoodnight Children Everywhere\u003c\/i\u003e, Drama Desk–nominated \u003ci\u003eFranny's Way\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSome Americans Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e, Tony Award–nominated \u003ci\u003eTwo Shakespearean Actors\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJames Joyce's The Dead\u003c\/i\u003e (with Shaun Davey), for which he won a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical. His \u003ci\u003eThe Apple Family: Scenes from Life in the Country\u003c\/i\u003e will be published by Theatre Communications Group in early 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Pevear\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eLarissa Volokhonsky\u003c\/b\u003e have produced acclaimed translations of Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, Anton Chekhov, and Mikhail Bulgakov. Their translations of \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e won the 1991 and 2002 PEN\/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prizes. Pevear, a native of Boston, and Volokhonsky, of St. Petersburg, are married to each other and live in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132622717168,"sku":"9781559367813","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781559367813_p0.jpg?v=1763755863","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781559367813","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}