Russian lit student here, can confirm that Falen is the best translator of Pushkin into English. Nabokov's Onegin translation is more like a piece of (unbeliev

Russian lit student here, can confirm that Falen is the best translator of Pushkin into English. Nabokov's Onegin translation is more like a piece of (unbelievably well-researched) performance art. But be sure to read the book-length footnote about dueling.