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Woman With The Five Elephants
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The world's greatest translator of Russian Iiterature has a secret.
A poetic, precise and revelatory investigation into language, meaning and the tides of history, The Woman With The Five EIephants unravels the mystery behind the life and work of Svetlana Geier, the world's greatest transIator of Russian Iiterature. Geier's renown stems from her groundbreaking translations of Dostoevsky's five great noveIs-referred to as the five eIephants. But her great success has come with its share of loss. Born in Ukraine in 1923, she witnessed first-hand the impact of StaIin's purges. As a young girl, she watched Nazi forces occupy her country and execute 30,000 Jews. lt was her unique gift for Ianguages that uItimateIy saved her. But it forced her to make a choice that forever aItered her life. |
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