The translator
By: John Crowley.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 295
Copyright date: c2002
Subjects: Translating and interpreting -- Fiction.; Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 -- Fiction.; Russians -- United States -- Fiction.; Translators -- Fiction.; Exiles -- Fiction.; Poets -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
First sentence: The first time that Christa Malone heard the name of Innokenti Isayevich Falin, it was spoken by the President of the United States, John F. Kennedy.
Description: "In 1962, at a large college in the Midwest, a young woman with a troubled recent history registers for a class - a class that is to be taught by an exiled Russian poet. A writer herself, Kit Malone is drawn to Innokenti Falin, as he is called. The two forge a friendship that develops into something more: He asks her to help translate his work.".

"With the tension of the cold war accelerating toward a crisis in Cuba, the atmosphere on campus becomes contentious. Meanwhile, working on each poem with Falin, Kit finds herself able to face the secrets that made her swear never to write her own poetry again. And as the summer slips away, a delicate love grows between two displaced people.".

"It will not be until years later, though, that Kit will realize what really happened on the last night she spent with Falin, while the country held its breath against the threat of war."--BOOK JACKET.