num_pages: 295
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.
language: English
title: The Translator
titlecomplete: The Translator
genres: Drama, Historical, Fantasy, Fiction, Russia, Historical Fiction, Poetry, Literature, Literary Fiction, American
ratings_count: 876
publisher: Perennial