Petersburg
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780253344106 (0253344107)
Publish date: February 1st 1978
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Pages no: 356
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Russia,
Russian Literature,
Magical Realism
”Nikolai Apollonovich raised curious eyes toward the immense outline of the Horseman (a shadow had covered him); but now the metal lips were parted in an enigmatic smile.The storm clouds were rent asunder and, in the moonlight, clouds swirled like the green vapor from melted bronze. For a moment, ev...
As a result in part of it's history, going many years without publication outside of the U.S.S.R., Andrei Bely's Petersburg (first written in 1913, and not translated to English until 1959) is woefully under-read. It is, perhaps, most often read nowadays for the praise it received of Vladimir Naboko...
Introduction--PetersburgNotes
Introduction--PetersburgNotes
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