Young Pushkin

Young Pushkin

by Christopher Rush (Translator), YuryTynyanov (Author), Anna Kurkina Rush (Translator)

Synopsis

This is the first English translation of a huge historical novel, written in the late 1930s -'40s, which is both the emotional story of Alexander Pushkin's formative years and early adulthood (up to the age of 21 and his exile as an established poet) and a dazzling portrait of Russia in the Napoleonic era. The young poet's family circle, his schoolmates and teachers, his women, writers of the time, generals and ministers of state, tsars and their families, as well as Pushkin himself, are depicted from the inside and spring vividly to life in this original and absorbing fiction which combines almost cinematic impact with meticulously authentic detail.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 515
Publisher: Angel Books
Published: 01 May 2007

ISBN 10: 0946162751
ISBN 13: 9780946162758

Media Reviews
'This book is a gem ... and this is the time to publish it, after T. J. Binyon's biography.' - Caryl Emerson, Princeton University
Author Bio
Yury Tynyanov (1894-1943) was a literary and film critic as well as a historical novelist. A translation of his novel on the dramatist-diplomat Alexander Griboyedov, 'Death and Diplomacy in Persia', appeared in 1938; his story 'Lieutenant Kizhe' is the subject of a symphonic suite by Prokofiev.