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Earthly Signs: Moscow Diaries, 1917-1922 by Marina Tsvetaeva: Used

Description: A moving collection of autobiographical essays from a Russian poet and refugee of the Bolshevik Revolution. Marina Tsvetaeva ranks with Anna Akmatova, Osip Mandelstam, and Boris Pasternak as one of Russia's greatest 20th Century poets. Her suicide at the age of 48 was the tragic culmination of a life buffeted by political upheaval. The essays collected in this volume are based on diaries she kept during the turbulent years of the Revolution and Civil War. In them she records conversations of women tin the markets, soldiers and peasants on the train traveling from the Crimea to Moscow in October 1917, fighting in the streets of Moscow, a frantic scramble with co-workers to dig frozen potatoes out of a cellar, and poetry readings organized by a newly minted Soviet bohemia. Alone in Moscow with two small children, no income, and a missing husband, Tsvetaeva struggles to feed her daughters (one of whom died of malnutrition in an orphanage), find employment in the Soviet bureaucracy, and keep writing poetry. Her keen and ruthless eye observes with compassion and humor--bringing the social, economic and cultural chaos of the period to life. These autobiographical writings not only give a vivid eyewitness account of Russian history, but provide vital insights into the workings of Tsvetaeva's unique poetics. Includes black and white photos.

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Pages: 248

Publication Date: 2017-12-05

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Original Language: Russian

Book Title: Earthly Signs : Moscow Diaries, 1917-1922

Item Length: 8in.

Item Height: 0.6in.

Item Width: 5.1in.

Author: Marina Tsvetaeva

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Diaries & Journals, Literary, Russian & Former Soviet Union

Publisher: NY Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.

Publication Year: 2017

Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Poetry, Literary Collections

Item Weight: 10.6 Oz

Number of Pages: 288 Pages

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