Henry Gifford Knihy

Vojna a mier je štvordielna epopeja zobrazujúca ruskú spoločnosť v prvej tretine 19. storočia. Román má tri roviny: historickú, osobnú a filozofickú. Na pozadí obdobia napoleonských vojen a tesne po ňom sa stretávame so skutočnými historickými postavami i postavami čisto literárnymi, ktoré ale odrážajú živé ľudské vzory. Na veľkom priestore, spôsobom pásma, pri striedaní období vojny a mieru sa odohrávajú osudy viac ako 250 postáv, hlavných i epizódnych. Čitateľ sa ocitne v šľachtických salónoch Moskvy, Petrohradu, vidieckych panských sídlach i na bojiskách s veľkolepými opismi bitiek. 61-094-80

The last published work of a great poet who wrote a few lines attacking Stalin and was shortly thereafter exiled to Siberia where he died near Vladivostok six years later. An inimitable volume, Journey to Armenia is a travel book in name only. Osip Mandelstam visited Armenia in 1930, and during the eight months of his stay, he rediscovered his poetic voice and was inspired to write an experimental meditation on the country and its ancient culture. This edition also includes the companion piece, “Conversation About Dante,” which Seamus Heaney called “Osip Mandelstam’s astonishing fantasia on poetic creation.” An incomparable apologia for poetic freedom and a challenge to the Bolshevik establishment, the essay was dictated by the poet to his wife, Nadezhda Mandelstam, in 1934 and 1935, during the last phase of his itinerant life. It has close ties to Journey to Armenia.