The Story of Sonechka (eBook)

Marina TSvetaeva (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
192 Seiten
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
979-8-88719-807-1 (ISBN)

Infos

It is 1918 in Moscow. The communist revolution is in full swing. Food is scarce, living conditions harsh. Two women meet on the stage of an empty theater. One is the now famous twenty-six-year-old poet Maria Tsvetaeva, the other the twenty-four-year-old actress Sonia Holliday (Sonechka).The Story of Sonechka, written almost twenty years later, is a vivid account, at once comic and tragic, of their love for each other. A previously untranslated masterpiece (Dmitry Bikov calls it one of the five best books in world literature), it stands as a testament to the artistry with which Tsvetaeva wrote prose; the vicissitudes of her life, love, and work; and the intense dynamics of Moscow culture in the wake of the Revolution. It also constitutes an exceedingly rare and early example of queer prose literature originally written in Russian.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.4.2025
• Übersetzer: I. B. Fishbeyn, C. D. C. Reeve
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Schlagworte: Marina Tsvetaeva, Silver Age Russian literature, Gender Studies, Queer Literature, life in Post-Revolutionary Moscow
• ISBN-13: 979-8-88719-807-1 / 9798887198071