{"product_id":"2026200007405-secondhand-the-italics-are-mine","title":"The Italics Are Mine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark work of literary memoir, The Italics Are Mine chronicles the extraordinary life of Nina Berberova, a Russian émigré writer who moved in the most rarefied intellectual and artistic circles of the twentieth century. With unflinching candor and a sharp, unsentimental eye, Berberova details her years in revolutionary Russia, her long exile in Paris among the great figures of Russian literature — including her intimate relationship with the poet Vladislav Khodasevich — and her eventual resettlement in the United States. The memoir presents a sweeping portrait of a vanished world, reconstructing the vibrant yet precarious existence of the Russian diaspora with the precision of a novelist and the authority of a witness. Written in a tone that is at once fiercely independent and deeply reflective, Berberova argues implicitly for the primacy of artistic integrity over political conformity, making her own survival and creative persistence a testament to that conviction. Essential reading for anyone drawn to Russian literature, European cultural history, or the art of memoir itself, this is a work of rare intelligence and enduring power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887898276059,"sku":"2026200007405-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d6deed9f-092b-4327-8a41-d0f53f9a12a0.png?v=1781748281","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200007405-secondhand-the-italics-are-mine","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}