Boris Pasternak: A Literary Biography; Author: Barnes, Christopher; Hardback; Book

Author: Barnes, Christopher
Series#:1; Boris Pasternak; Hardback; Book; 34 Half-tones
528 pages
Published: November 1989
Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521259576

This authoritative new biography of the Russian poet and prose writer Boris Pasternak is the first part of a two-volume set, covering the period 1890-1928. Drawing on archives and many eyewitness accounts, Barnes' study sheds light on currently unexplored aspects of Pasternak's character and family background, and his artistic, social and historical environment. He combines biographicalinvestigation with detailed textual analysis of translated quotations in verse and prose to reveal the source of Pasternak's extraordinary writings. The book examines a wide range of topics that include his musical enthusiasm and relations with Scriabin, his philosophical studies, his activities in World War I and his response to the 1917 revolutions, and his stance as a liberal artistic intellectThis is the first part of a two-volume biography of the Russian poet and novelist and it covers the years from 1890 to 1928. Drawing on archive material and many eye-witness accounts the author brings to light hitherto neglected aspects of Pasternak's artistic, social and historical environment.