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Title: The Winter Queen : A Novel by Boris Akunin, Andrew Bromfield ISBN: 1-4000-6049-4 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.27 (26 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Awesome novel, awful translation
Comment: I love B.Akunin's novels. They are much more than just mystery books, they bring you into 19th century Russia and show you the people and the way of life wonderfully. And this one, the 1st of Fandorin series is one of the best.
Now, the translation on the other hand... It just destroys the book. Terrible!
Still worth reading, but keep in mind: when you think "the language is difficult to follow and understand" it's not the author's fault, it's - translation.
Rating: 5
Summary: Azazel
Comment: I agree with Kizelyova. I would add that this book and its follow-ups are wonderful period pieces, but with a lot of humor and irony. From what I have heard, Russians find parallels to current events in the stories.
I haven't read the English edition, so I can't say if the tongue-in-cheek has been preserved. From my own experience, I read quite a few pages saying, "no, this is not possible, he has got to be kidding". Finally as a dunce, I realized he really was kidding.
But why did the English publisher give it this ridiculous title? it would have been better to call it "Azazel", which has meaning in the book.
Maybe some publisher--even this one--will have the good sense to translate the French writer, Jean-Francois Parot. Parot's hero, Nicolas Le Floch, reminds me a lot of Eraste Fandorine. But Le Floch is situated in the time of Louis XV in Paris.
As for Akunin, I hope that the Turkish Gambit and the Death of Achilles come out soon. They are far better than Leviathan.
Rating: 2
Summary: Some good points, but ultimately disappointing
Comment: First the good points. The language was beatiful; the story moved briskly, with old fashioned cliffhanging chapters; Fandorin is an engaging character. Unfortunately, the basic plot is frankly silly, and for me spoiled the enjoyment of the book's good elements. The ending seemed especially gratuitous.
I decided on this basis not to read the rest of the series, though I note one reviewer tells those put off to stick with the series--perhaps the plots get stronger. Certainly the era offered plenty of basis for more realistic plots.
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Title: Bangkok 8 by JOHN BURDETT ISBN: 1400040442 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The White Russian : A Novel by TOM BRADBY ISBN: 0385508409 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: None of Your Business by Valerie Block ISBN: 0345461843 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Terra-Cotta Dog: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery by Andrea Camilleri, Stephen Sartarelli ISBN: 0142002631 Publisher: Penguin USA (Mm) Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Today Show Book Club #13) by Mark Haddon ISBN: 0385512104 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 31 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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