Anna Akhmataova's friend Lydia Chukovskaya kept intimate diaries of her conversations with the great poet. This book offers a rare look into the day-to-day life of Akhmatova: her fortunes and sorrows, the evoluation of her writing, her inspiration and imagination. Chukovskaya herself was a major Russian writer; her memoir is a testament to a poet's life and the cultural life of a nation.
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"I was overwhelmed by Lydia Chukovskaya's sustained conversation with her friend. . . . The unforgettable is on every page." --Bruce Chatwin, London Observer
"[T]he journals record . . . an intellectual friendship between two women whose knowledge of Russian and world literature was breathtakingly large. . . . At times, the Akhmatova-Chukovskaya conversations are like fragments from a Dostoyevsky novel."
--Wall Street Journal
--Wall Street Journal
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Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) was one of the greatest Russian poets of this century. But during her life she was subjected to scathing critical attacks, denounced as "half-nun, half-whore," and then expelled from the Writers' Union. She also endured severe personal losses. Akhmatova's friend Lydia Chukovskaya (1907-96) kept intimate diaries of her conversations with the great poet. First published in the U.S.S.R. in 1987, The Akhmatova Journals offers a rare look into the day-to-day life of Akhmatova.
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This is a must-read for anyone who appreciates beauty! It tells the story, with beautiful starkness, of the place where history meets art in the real lives of writers and artists. I told you: MUST read. You must. Do it now.
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