Marina Tsvetaeva left an unforgettable mark on 20th-century Russian literature. Everything in her work—lyrics, poems, autobiographical prose, criticism—like her own great life—was marked by genuine tragedy. As an innovative poet who was ahead of her time, M. Tsvetaeva could not withstand the merciless clash with her bloody and cruel era and became its victim. Irma Kudrova managed, using a great deal of new information drawn from the poet’s archive, to recreate this duel psychologically and historically accurately—and draw a worthy portrait of M. Tsvetaeva.
Contents:
— The Captive Lion
— The Last Years of Exile