Title: Lots of fun for Hofstatder fans
Product review: For anyone who has read Le Ton Beau de Marot, this book is a must buy, if only for the introduction which fills in the background of how this translation came to be written. For readers of Hofstadter, it will also be fun to read Pushkin with clear Hofstadter twists, as his style pokes through time and time again. For those interested in a good read of the original, however, the translation of James Falen is the way to go (as Hofstadter himself writes). This one is quirky and playful, which makes for an enjoyable read, but does not attempt to match Falen in terms of faithfully reproducing the original.
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