“The Life of Arsenev” is an autobiographical novel. This book “astonishes with the depth of thought sharpened by memory, artistic artistry, rare literary culture.” “The Life of Arsenev” is, in essence, a novel of psychoanalysis—an example of verbal mastery in form. A novel without a plot, without intrigue. A novel where the main focus is on intangible phenomena of the soul, its quiet and hidden growth. “In this novel everything lives, moves, speaks in its mysterious language, understandable for the sensitive, exceptionally perceptive ear...”