This translation of Petersburg finally makes it possible to recognize Andrei Bely's great novel of 1913 as a crucial Russian instance of European modernist fiction.'Īll people who go in for the B's–Breckett, Brecht, Buñuel–better get hold of Bely. The most important, most influential and most perfectly realized Russian novel written in the 20th century.' ''This translation of Petersburg finally makes it possible to recognize Andrei Bely's great novel of 1913 as a crucial Russian instance of European modernist fiction.'' the most important, most influential and most perfectly realized Russian novel written in the 20th century.'' a translation that captures Bely's idiosyncratic language and the rhythm of his prose, and, without doing violence to English, conveys not only the literal meaning of the Russian but also its echoes and implications.'' the most accurate of all the available translations, and certainly the one that facilitates the greatest understanding of the original work.'' The inaugural award was presented to Bernard Cohen’s The Antibiography of Robert F Menzies (HarperCollins) in 2015.įor more information about the award, click here.''. The winner will be announced at the State Library of NSW on 8 June. The shortlist was chosen from 48 entries. The $10,000 biennial prize is awarded to the best book of humour writing by an Australian author published in the previous two years, and aims to ‘celebrate, recognise and encourage the humour-writing genre’. The Anti-Cool Girl (Rosie Waterland, Fourth Estate).Ĭhair of the judging panel Patti Miller said of the shortlist: ‘Humorous writing is not exclusive-it welcomes history, memoir, novels, science-fiction, political satire-but with the extra twist of making us laugh, or at least making us lift our eyebrows with an ironic smile … This year’s shortlisted titles for the Russell Prize for Humour Writing are properly absurd, disrespectful and very funny indeed.’.Error Australis (Ben Pobjie, Affirm Press).True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia-Volume 2 (David Hunt, Black Inc.).Going Out Backwards: A Grafton Everest Adventure (Ross Fitzgerald & Ian McFadyen, Hybrid Publishers).State Library of NSW has announced the shortlist for the 2017 Russell Prize for Humour Writing.

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