The Life Of Mayakovsky
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Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with visible wear and scuffing to the top edges and corners of the dust jacket. No major tears noted. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact and solid.
A landmark work of literary biography, The Life of Mayakovsky chronicles the turbulent life of Vladimir Mayakovsky, the towering Russian Futurist poet whose art became inseparable from the revolutionary upheaval of early Soviet Russia. Wiktor Woroszylski presents a richly detailed and vividly human portrait of a man who was at once a passionate propagandist for Bolshevism and a deeply tormented, restless soul — a contradiction that would ultimately consume him. Drawing on letters, memoirs, and contemporary accounts, the biography reconstructs Mayakovsky's creative genius, his fierce romantic entanglements, and his fraught relationship with the Soviet state. Written with scholarly rigour yet flowing with narrative energy, this account stands as an indispensable study of one of the twentieth century's most electrifying poetic voices.
Author: Wiktor Woroszylski
Format: Hardback
Published: 1971, The Orion Press, New York
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with visible wear and scuffing to the top edges and corners of the dust jacket. No major tears noted. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears intact and solid.
A landmark work of literary biography, The Life of Mayakovsky chronicles the turbulent life of Vladimir Mayakovsky, the towering Russian Futurist poet whose art became inseparable from the revolutionary upheaval of early Soviet Russia. Wiktor Woroszylski presents a richly detailed and vividly human portrait of a man who was at once a passionate propagandist for Bolshevism and a deeply tormented, restless soul — a contradiction that would ultimately consume him. Drawing on letters, memoirs, and contemporary accounts, the biography reconstructs Mayakovsky's creative genius, his fierce romantic entanglements, and his fraught relationship with the Soviet state. Written with scholarly rigour yet flowing with narrative energy, this account stands as an indispensable study of one of the twentieth century's most electrifying poetic voices.