Love Is The Heart Of Everything: Correspondence Between Vladimir Mayakovsky And Lili Brik 1915-1930
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Jacket: Very good
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Few literary love affairs have burned as fiercely — or as tragically — as the one chronicled in Love is the Heart of Everything, a remarkable collection of correspondence exchanged between the great Russian Futurist poet Vladimir Mayakovsky and his muse and lifelong obsession, Lili Brik, spanning the turbulent years of 1915 to 1930. Edited by Bengt Jangfeldt, the letters, telegrams, and notes gathered here present an intimate portrait of a man consumed by revolutionary fervour and romantic anguish in equal measure, his raw, impassioned prose mirroring the bold, declamatory voice that made him the defining poet of the Soviet avant-garde. Beyond the personal drama, this collection illuminates the extraordinary cultural and political landscape of early twentieth-century Russia, where artistic innovation and ideological upheaval were inseparable. Mayakovsky's correspondence with Brik illustrates the impossible tensions between the public revolutionary and the desperately private lover, between commitment to a cause and surrender to desire. Jangfeldt's authoritative editorial framework provides essential historical context, making this volume an indispensable document for anyone drawn to Russian literature, modernist poetry, or the enduring human question of what it costs to love absolutely — a question Mayakovsky answered, in the end, with his life.
Author: Vladimir Mayakovsky
Format: Hardback
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Few literary love affairs have burned as fiercely — or as tragically — as the one chronicled in Love is the Heart of Everything, a remarkable collection of correspondence exchanged between the great Russian Futurist poet Vladimir Mayakovsky and his muse and lifelong obsession, Lili Brik, spanning the turbulent years of 1915 to 1930. Edited by Bengt Jangfeldt, the letters, telegrams, and notes gathered here present an intimate portrait of a man consumed by revolutionary fervour and romantic anguish in equal measure, his raw, impassioned prose mirroring the bold, declamatory voice that made him the defining poet of the Soviet avant-garde. Beyond the personal drama, this collection illuminates the extraordinary cultural and political landscape of early twentieth-century Russia, where artistic innovation and ideological upheaval were inseparable. Mayakovsky's correspondence with Brik illustrates the impossible tensions between the public revolutionary and the desperately private lover, between commitment to a cause and surrender to desire. Jangfeldt's authoritative editorial framework provides essential historical context, making this volume an indispensable document for anyone drawn to Russian literature, modernist poetry, or the enduring human question of what it costs to love absolutely — a question Mayakovsky answered, in the end, with his life.