The translator

By John Crowley

Subjects: Historical Fiction, Exiles, American Fantasy fiction, Romance, Fiction, historical, general, Translating and interpreting, Russians, Translators, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Poets, Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

Description: A novel of tremendous scope and beauty, The Translator tells of the relationship between an exiled Russian poet and his American translator during the Cuban missile crisis, a time when a writer's words -- especially forbidden ones -- could be powerful enough to change the course of history.