GR in Russian

Max Nemtsov max.nemtsov at gmail.com
Fri Aug 31 09:21:00 CDT 2012


impossible. in English - yes, that may have been. or either, COL49 or 
V., they were translated into russian back in the 1990s
there has never been a published translation, and i'm not aware of any 
unpublished or samizdat ones, apart from rather brief excerpts

On 31.08.2012 18:10, rich wrote:
> Hi Max--
>
> I could be wrong but I think I saw copies of GR when I was in Moscow
> in 2000. bookstore was in the Arbat if memory serves
>
> rich
>
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 4:39 AM, Max Nemtsov <max.nemtsov at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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




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