Boris Pasternak: Family Correspondence, 1921-1960 Tapa dura - 2010
de Maya Slater (Editor); Nicolas Pasternak Slater (Translator)
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This selection of Boris Pasternak's correspondence with his parents and sisters from 1921 to 1960 sheds new and revealing light on the great writer's life and work. His letters are accomplished literary works in their own right, on a par with his poetry in their intensity, frankness, and dazzling stylistic play. In addition, they offer a rare glimpse into his innermost self, significantly complementing the insights obtained from his work. Those glimpses are especially poignant in that after 1923 Pasternak was never to see his parents again.
The collection reflects the events of Pasternak's life during forty turbulent years. His father was a distinguished painter and his mother, a concert pianist; his admiration for them colors the entire correspondence. But other topics also find a place: descriptions of his life under the harsh Soviet regime, reflections on his work, on his meetings with famous contemporaries, and on current events, including arrests and executions. In particular, the dramatic happenings of 1956-1960--the publication of Doctor Zhivago, being awarded the Nobel Prize, and the international political storm that followed--weighed heavily on Pasternak and his family. As an evocation of his times, his letters are as powerful as his literary works, with their intimate biographical detail, emotional honesty and--despite the tightening censorship--the openness and candor of their revelations.
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This selection of Boris Pasternak's correspondence with his parents and sisters from 1921 to 1960 sheds new and revealing light on the great writer's life and work. His letters are accomplished literary works in their own right, on a par with his poetry in their intensity, frankness, and dazzling stylistic play. In addition, they offer a rare glimpse into his innermost self, significantly complementing the insights obtained from his work. Those glimpses are especially poignant in that after 1923 Pasternak was never to see his parents again.
The collection reflects the events of Pasternak's life during forty turbulent years. His father was a distinguished painter and his mother, a concert pianist; his admiration for them colors the entire correspondence. But other topics also find a place: descriptions of his life under the harsh Soviet regime, reflections on his work, on his meetings with famous contemporaries, and on current events, including arrests and executions. In particular, the dramatic happenings of 1956-1960--the publication of Doctor Zhivago, being awarded the Nobel Prize, and the international political storm that followed--weighed heavily on Pasternak and his family. As an evocation of his times, his letters are as powerful as his literary works, with their intimate biographical detail, emotional honesty and--despite the tightening censorship--the openness and candor of their revelations.
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- Título Boris Pasternak: Family Correspondence, 1921-1960
- Autor Maya Slater (Editor); Nicolas Pasternak Slater (Translator)
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición 1st
- Páginas 439
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Hoover Institution Press, Stanford
- Fecha de publicación 2010
- Ilustrado Sí
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780817910242 / 0817910247
- Peso 2.1 libras (0.95 kg)
- Dimensiones 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.7 pulgadas (23.11 x 15.75 x 4.32 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, Authors, Russian - 20th century
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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