Description
In nineteenth-century Russia, the wife of an important government official loses her family and social status when she chooses the love of Count Vronsky over a passionless marriage.
Awards
Texas Institute of Letters Award (Winner — 2015)
Prix Langlois (1936)
PEN Translation Prize (Winner — 2002)
Read Russia Translation Prize (2010-2012)
Oprah's Book Club selection (2004)
Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List (48 — 2009)
Hungarian Big Read (76)
Media reviews
De nieuwe vertaling van Anna Karenina leest als een trein, dankzij allerlei knappe vondsten van vertaler Hans Boland.