The Story of Sonechka - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Marina Tsvetaeva, I. B. Fishbeyn, C. D. C. ReevePublish date:2025-03-11Pages:192
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Cherry Orchard BooksISBN-13:9798887198040UPC:9798887198040Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, PoetryBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Russia, Russian & SovietBook Topic:Soviet EraSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.94Product ID:SCXH0H1FTA
A previously untranslated masterpiece of Russian literature, The Story of Sonechka, written in 1937, is a vivid account, at once comic and tragic, of the love between the now famous twenty-six-year-old poet Maria Tsvetaeva the twenty-four-year-old actress Sonia Holliday (Sonechka), and a wonderful introduction to the startlingly original thought of a great poet and writer.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Cherry Orchard BooksISBN-13:9798887198040UPC:9798887198040Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, PoetryBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Russia, Russian & SovietBook Topic:Soviet EraSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.94Product ID:SCXH0H1FTA
Marina Tsvetaeva (1892-1941) was a prominent Russian poet known for her passionate, innovative style and exploration of themes like love, exile, and human resilience. She lived through the upheavals of the Russian Revolution and World Wars, enduring personal tragedies, including poverty, political persecution, and the loss of a child. Despite her untimely death, Tsvetaeva's work remains a cornerstone of Russian literature, celebrated for its emotional depth and lyrical brilliance.
Inessa Fishbeyn is an independent writer and translator of Russian literature, born and educated in Kazan, Russia.
David Reeve is DKE Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he specializes in ancient Greek philosophy and has translated many of the works of Plato and Aristotle and written books, commentaries, and essays on them.
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