The Tale of Sonya

Marina Tsvetaeva - a poet of tragic fate and unusual gift. She is known not only as the author of poems and verses but also of prose, which also bears the mark of her unique individuality. The action of «The... Tale of Sonya» takes place in hungry post-revolutionary Moscow. The heroes of the tale are actress Sofia Holliday, artist Y. Zavadsky, poet P. Antokolsky, and of course, the incomparable Marina Tsvetaeva herself. «The Tale of Sonya» is the last prose work by Marina Tsvetaeva. Written in 1937 after the news of the death of a close friend, actress Sofia Holliday, it brings Tsvetaeva back to Moscow of 1919-1920. In a chain of memories about the life of Moscow's bohemia against the backdrop of social upheavals, accompanied by natural chronological disruptions and repetitions, Tsvetaeva poignantly mourns the end of the Silver Age.

Author: ЦВЕТАЕВА М.И.

Printhouse: Eksmo

Series: Pocket book

Age restrictions: 16+

Year of publication: 2023

ISBN: 9785041875664

Number of pages: 256

Size: 76x100/32 mm

Cover type: Мягкая обложка

Weight: 130 g

ID: 1645074

Marina Tsvetaeva - a poet of tragic fate and unusual gift. She is known not only as the author of poems and verses but also of prose, which also bears the mark of her unique individuality. The action of «The Tale of Sonya» takes place in hungry post-revolutionary Moscow. The heroes of the tale are actress Sofia Holliday, artist Y. Zavadsky, poet P. Antokolsky, and of course, the incomparable Marina Tsvetaeva herself. «The Tale of Sonya» is the last prose work by Marina Tsvetaeva. Written in 1937 after the news of the death of a close friend, actress Sofia Holliday, it brings Tsvetaeva back to Moscow of 1919-1920. In a chain of memories about the life of Moscow's bohemia against the backdrop of social upheavals, accompanied by natural chronological disruptions and repetitions, Tsvetaeva poignantly mourns the end of the Silver Age.

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