Meander
20 hrs. 1 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Lev Losev
Author
Lev Losev
Narrator
Alexey Voskoboynikov
Narrator
Alexey Voskoboynikov
Description
Lev Losev (Lev Vladimirovich Lifshits, 1937–2009) is a poet, literary scholar, essayist, friend and interlocutor of Joseph Brodsky. Losev was born into a family of children’s poets—Vladimir Lifshits and Assia Genkina—studied at the philology faculty of Leningrad State University, and was a participant in the “Philological School” group. Memoir writing is another important part of Losev’s legacy in addition to his poems and literary scholarship. Losev writes about his youth, his meeting with Brodsky, and what impression the future Nobel laureate made at their first encounter; about the scandalous antics of the “Philological School,” postwar Leningrad, emigration, and much more. Losev tells about the people and places dear to him with feeling, yet it’s as if he remains slightly in the background, keeping a respectful distance. This tone is genuine evidence of love and respect for his heroes. “Meander” is a true celebration for everyone who values memoir prose of the 20th century, is interested in the history of literary emigration, and is drawn to underground culture in postwar Leningrad.
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