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Brodsky figures in many of his poems, and brodsky's essay on rein introduces this bilingual selection: 'rein is unquestionably an elegiac poetone of akhmatova's 'magic choir' of young leningrad poets, he was joseph brodsky's mentor and lifetime friendfew among his compatriots would dispute the depth of the despair and exhaustion that darkens these poems… ' see oxfam website for delivery information read morehis main theme is the end of things, the end, to put it more broadly, of a world order that is dear – or at least acceptable – to himborn in , he belongs to that tragic generation of russian poets who for decades went unpublished in the soviet unionoxfam bookshop hexham evgeny rein is one of russia's major living poetsthe incarnation of this order in his poetry is the city in which he grew up, the city of leningrad… but in contrast to the dramatic effect usually found in elegiac poets… the death of the world order in rein is accompanied by a vulgar ditty from the 30s or 40sindeed, for rein’s work – and in my view he is the most gifted russian poet of the second half of the 20th century – the cadences of soviet popular music from that era probably had a greater influence than the technical achievements of the best among the russian futurists and constructivists… rein not only radically extended the poetic vocabulary and sound palette of russian poetry; he also broadened and shook up the psychological sweep of russian lyricshe is an elegist, but of a tragic stripe
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The book is full of memorable meetings - with virginia woolf and sigmund freud, with churchill, with boris pasternak and anna akhmatovathis is a work of great subtelty and penetration, exhilarating and intimate, powerful and profoundisaiah berlin () was one of the greatest and most humane of modern philosophers; historian of the russian intellgentisia biographer of marx, pioneering scholar of the romantic movement and defender of the liberal idea of freedomyet ignatieff is not afraid to delve into berlin's conflicts: his jewish idealism, his deep aspirationsoxfam bookshop cheltenham isaiah berlin refused to write an autobiography, but he agreed to talk about himself - and so for ten years, he allowed michael ignatieff to interview himsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis own life was caught up in the most powerful currents of the centurythe son of a riga timber merchant, he witnessed the russian revolution, was plunged into suburban school life and the ferment of s oxford; he became part of the british intellectual establishment during the war, he as at the heart of anglo-american diplomacy in washington; afterwards in moscow he saw the grim despair of stalinism
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Book condition very good, slight wear and tear to dust jacket, binding in good condition, no annotations or foxingin this book his widow nadezhda mandelstam tells the story of his confrontation with stalin, which led to his banishment, humiliation and deathoxfam books & music totnes osip mandelstam belongs to the small company of great russian poets that includes boris pasternak and anna akhmatova, who were keepers of the nation's conscience during the long nightmare of stalin's rulesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Anna akhmatova recites the muse on the last trackthe trackless woods cd by american singer songwriter, twice nominated in the grammy awards, iris dement is 18 trackshe specialises in folk, country and gospel and plays piano and acoustic guitarsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretracks include to my poems, broad gold, prayer, listening to singing, the souls of all my dears, not with a lover's lyre and the last toast
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