Glas 19: Things That Happened (Glass Innactive Series) - Softcover

Slutsky, Boris (Slutskii, Boris)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566632358 ISBN 13: 9781566632355

Publisher: Glas, 2000

Synopsis

Boris Slutskii (1919-1986) has emerged as one of Russia's great twentieth-century poets. His best poetry and prose were published only after his death. In this book the innermost thoughts of this clear-eyed tragedian are revealed as he enthused during the

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About the Author

Boris Abramovich Slutsky (1919–1986) was Jewish and a semi-invalid, and his life and work were thoroughly conditioned by these two experiences. His substantial legacy of unpublished works was discovered after his death, during glasnost. Gerald S. Smith is professor of Russian at Oxford University.

Review

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Edition details

• Publisher: Glas
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1566632358
• ISBN 13: 9781566632355
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240