Less Than One: Selected Essays

Brodsky Joseph
Less Than One: Selected Essays



Издательство: Penguin Group
Жанр: Penguin Group

Качество: Хорошее
Страниц: 512
Формат: pdf, fb2, epub

Essayist and poet Joseph Brodsky was one of the most penetrating voices of the twentieth century. This prize-winning collection of his diverse essays includes uniquely powerful appreciations of great writers: on Dostoevsky and the development of Russian prose, on Auden and Akhmatova, Cavafy, Montale and Mandelstam. These are contrasted with his reflections on larger themes of tyranny and evil, and subtle evocations of his childhood in Leningrad. Brodsky's insightful appreciation of the intricacies of language, culture and identity connect these works, revealing his remarkable gifts as a prose writer.