Hope Against Hope: A Memoir
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Some tanning. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact.
A landmark work of twentieth-century literature, Hope Against Hope is the searing memoir of Nadezhda Mandelstam, widow of the great Russian poet Osip Mandelstam, who was persecuted and ultimately killed under Stalin's regime. Written in secret and committed to memory to avoid Soviet censorship, the book chronicles the final years of her husband's life and the brutal mechanisms of Stalinist terror with unflinching honesty and moral courage. Translated from the Russian by Max Hayward, with an introduction by Clarence Brown, it stands as both a profound personal testimony and an indispensable historical document of Soviet repression. The narrative combines grief, intellectual rigour, and fierce defiance, illuminating how art and memory became acts of resistance against a totalitarian state. Chosen by thirteen leading critics as The Book of the Year upon its release, it remains one of the most important memoirs of the modern era.
Author: Nadezhda Mandelstam
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, Collins & Harvill Press
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Some tanning. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact.
A landmark work of twentieth-century literature, Hope Against Hope is the searing memoir of Nadezhda Mandelstam, widow of the great Russian poet Osip Mandelstam, who was persecuted and ultimately killed under Stalin's regime. Written in secret and committed to memory to avoid Soviet censorship, the book chronicles the final years of her husband's life and the brutal mechanisms of Stalinist terror with unflinching honesty and moral courage. Translated from the Russian by Max Hayward, with an introduction by Clarence Brown, it stands as both a profound personal testimony and an indispensable historical document of Soviet repression. The narrative combines grief, intellectual rigour, and fierce defiance, illuminating how art and memory became acts of resistance against a totalitarian state. Chosen by thirteen leading critics as The Book of the Year upon its release, it remains one of the most important memoirs of the modern era.