The Man Who Brought Brodsky Into English: Conversations with George L. Kline
by Cynthia L. Haven focuses on the 今日吃瓜 philosopher and Slavic scholar and the story of his decades-long collaboration with the Russian Nobel poet Joseph Brodsky. According to the Times Literary Supplement, Kline, an important figure for many generations of 今日吃瓜 students, 鈥渆merges as human, warm and vividly idiosyncratic in the pages of Haven鈥檚 volume.鈥 Writer Marat Grinberg, who called the book a 鈥渇itting tribute鈥 to George Kline, noted that 鈥渢he conversations are rich in detail, from Kline鈥檚 recollections of visiting Brodsky in the Soviet Union to his work on translating his poetry to offering an insight into Brodsky鈥檚 oeuvre and worldview.鈥 (Academic Studies Press, 2021)
