Books
by Konstanin Paustovsky - trans. by Douglas Smith
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The Story of a Life (Books 1-3) |
An engrossing autobiography covering the childhood and early manhood of this Russian author, previously unknown to me. The writing is intense and filled with vivid depictions of the countryside, cities and characters he meets during a tumultuous period of Russian history including WW1 and the violence leading to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Poignantly for a reader now, he was educated in Kiev/Kyiv and returned as a journalist. Despite all, you sense his love for Mother Russia.
(Christine Miller - bwl 106 Autumn 2022) |
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