An Essay In Autobiography
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Boris Pasternak, one of the twentieth century's most celebrated literary voices, chronicles his own life with the same lyrical precision and emotional depth that made Doctor Zhivago a timeless masterpiece. An Essay in Autobiography presents an intimate portrait of the poet and novelist as he reflects on his childhood in Moscow, his formative years under the shadow of revolutionary Russia, and the artists and writers who shaped his creative consciousness — among them Tolstoy, Scriabin, and Rilke. With an illuminating introduction by Edward Crankshaw, this first English-language edition offers readers a rare and personal window into the mind of a Nobel Prize-winning author who remained both celebrated and persecuted throughout his lifetime. Pasternak writes not as a man seeking to justify himself, but as an artist compelled to bear witness — to memory, to beauty, and to the unrelenting demands of honest expression. His prose carries the hallmarks of his verse: precise, luminous, and quietly devastating. For anyone who has been moved by his fiction or poetry, this slender volume poses the essential question: what forces, what losses, and what loves does it take to forge a literary conscience capable of enduring everything the Soviet century could throw at it?
Author: Boris Pasternak
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Boris Pasternak, one of the twentieth century's most celebrated literary voices, chronicles his own life with the same lyrical precision and emotional depth that made Doctor Zhivago a timeless masterpiece. An Essay in Autobiography presents an intimate portrait of the poet and novelist as he reflects on his childhood in Moscow, his formative years under the shadow of revolutionary Russia, and the artists and writers who shaped his creative consciousness — among them Tolstoy, Scriabin, and Rilke. With an illuminating introduction by Edward Crankshaw, this first English-language edition offers readers a rare and personal window into the mind of a Nobel Prize-winning author who remained both celebrated and persecuted throughout his lifetime. Pasternak writes not as a man seeking to justify himself, but as an artist compelled to bear witness — to memory, to beauty, and to the unrelenting demands of honest expression. His prose carries the hallmarks of his verse: precise, luminous, and quietly devastating. For anyone who has been moved by his fiction or poetry, this slender volume poses the essential question: what forces, what losses, and what loves does it take to forge a literary conscience capable of enduring everything the Soviet century could throw at it?