Aleksandr Blok: A Life

by Nina Berberova

Aleksandr Blok (1880-1921), the leader of the Symbolist Movement, was one of Russia's greatest modern poets. An inspiration to many modern Russian poets well-known in the West, most notably Pasternak, this account of his life is one of the few books on this important poet available in English. A member of the Russian aristocracy, Blok lived through a period in which a traditional world was being destroyed and a new, often alarming utopia was emerging...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807614084
• ISBN13: 9780807614082
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: George Braziller
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

AN EXCELLENT BRIEF LIFE

Nina Berberova has given us a fleeting sketch of Blok, but it tells us what we really need to know about the great Symbolist poet. It won't satisfy a reader looking for a full-scale scholarly biography but it will tell the general reader everything that they'll need to know about Blok before (hopefully) going on to read one of several fine translations of his poetry.