GR in Russian

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Congratulations, Max and Anastasia.  By the way, that's quite a list of authors you've translated.  Huxley, Lovecraft, DeLillo, and on and on.  Impressive!

Laura


-----Original Message-----
>From: Max Nemtsov <max.nemtsov at gmail.com>
>Sent: Aug 31, 2012 4:39 AM
>To: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: GR in Russian
>
>dear colleagues -
>
>so, it finally happened, and since this week, Gravity's Rainbow 
>officially exists in Russian, complete with 760 pages, and seven little 
>squares between episodes
>
>it took my colleague Anastasia Gryzunova and me several years to 
>complete it, and we thank all of you who could help and advice us, no 
>matter how indirectly
>
>today it appeared in the largest Russian internet bookstore Ozon: 
>http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/18529078/ - that operates 
>internationally, although the interface is in Russian only, alas. oh, 
>and the first edition is cautious 2000 only
>
>the first edition is glossy gray, with no misleading images on the 
>cover, thank God, but the second one, planned for September, is kinda 
>pop-art, here's the preview: http://fantlab.ru/edition91468 - this one 
>seems to be planned as 3000, the publisher is the same but the 
>department within it is different, so don't ask
>
>while i'm not sure about the rest of TRP's novels in Russian (after the 
>COL49, that is) for the texts of V. and Vineland are in different states 
>of disarray, to the best of my knowledge, and i'm not aware what the 
>publisher is going to do with them, i can safely say that last week i 
>submitted my translation of Inherent Vice to them, so there's hope that 
>it will be published some time
>
>again, thank you all so much for making our lives more intricate,
>Mx