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PublisherUniversity of Wisconsin Press

ISBN-100299316009

ISBN-139780299316006

eBay Product ID (ePID)240461108

Product Key Features

Book TitleDaytime Stars

Number of Pages216 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicRussia & the Former Soviet Union, Revolutionary, Personal Memoirs, Literary, Russian & Former Soviet Union

Publication Year2018

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorOlga Berggolts

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight15.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2017-049163

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsA lyrical memoir steeped in the world of the Russian/Soviet intelligentsia. Berggolts opens up to her readers the gray zones of Soviet life., "A lyrical memoir steeped in the world of the Russian/Soviet intelligentsia. Berggolts opens up to her readers the gray zones of Soviet life." --Benjamin Nathans, author of Beyond the Pale, A compelling work and an interesting window onto a Soviet life, extending from a childhood during the civil war to the youthful revolutionary in Petrograd/Leningrad, from the terror of the 1930s and the siege of Leningrad to the present of the text, 1953-62., This masterful work combines features of diary and memoir, poetry and prose, sermon and confession. . . . [A] beautiful translation. . . . This thoughtfully crafted volume provides a perfect introduction., "A compelling work and an interesting window onto a Soviet life, extending from a childhood during the civil war to the youthful revolutionary in Petrograd/Leningrad, from the terror of the 1930s and the siege of Leningrad to the present of the text, 1953-62."--Emily Van Buskirk, author of Lydia Ginzburg's Prose, The appearance of Olga Berggolts's work of prose Daytime Stars should be saluted as an important step in development of the English-language version of the Soviet century's Modernism. . . . Berggolts was perhaps one of the most striking women writing in Russian in her time. . . . I appreciate the choice of linguistic register by the translator. This translation allows the English language to sense Berggolts's original language with its combination of clarity, sentimentality and slightly exalted rhythms.

Dewey Decimal891.71/44

Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Foreword: Finding Memory in the Margins Katherine Hodgson Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Daytime Stars as Historical Source Lisa A. Kirschenbaum Part I Chapter 1. Journey to the Town of My Childhood The Dream Papa''s Back Fairy Tale of Light Petrograd In My Memory The Knight of Light The Essential Book "It''s Mine!" Two Meetings Pen and Ink "Silver Night" Last Summer Chapter 2. That Forest Clearing Chapter 3. The Nevsky Gate Campaign Daytime Stars Day of Heights: Childhood Day of Heights: Flanders Chain Flowers Immortal Day of Heights: "Guzhovo Will Not Be Taken" Lenin "You''re Published at Our Factory" Day of Heights: Lermontov Day of Heights: "Defend the Revolution!" The Valdai Duga The Crop-Eared Bell The Path to My Father''s House "Anton Ivanovich Is Angry" Cigarette Break Little Steps in the Ice The Secret of the Earth Princess Barbara Glory of the World Return Path Part II Chapter 4. Good Morning, People! "Our Fritz Is Dying" Meeting at the Astoria "Guten Morgen, Fritz!" Chapter 5: Blockade Bathhouse Notes List of Contributors Index

SynopsisFor 872 days during World War II, the city of Leningrad endured a crushing blockade at the hands of German forces. Close to one million civilians died, most from starvation. Amid the devastation, Olga Berggolts broadcast her poems on the one remaining radio station, urging listeners not to lose hope. When the siege had begun, the country had already endured decades of revolution, civil war, economic collapse, and Stalin's purges. Berggolts herself survived the deaths of two husbands and both of her children, her own arrest, and a stillborn birth after being beaten under interrogation. Berggolts wrote her memoir Daytime Stars in the spirit of the thaw after Stalin's death. In it, she celebrated the ideals of the revolution and the heroism of the Soviet people while also criticizing censorship of writers and recording her doubts and despair. This English translation by Lisa A. Kirschenbaum makes available a unique autobiographical work by an important author of the Soviet era. In her foreword, Katharine Hodgson comments on experiences of the Terror about which Berggolts was unable or unwilling to write., Poet Olga Berggolts became the beloved voice of Radio Leningrad during the WWII siege, broadcasting some of her most acclaimed poetry and urging listeners not to lose hope. Her beautifully written memoir weaves together episodes from the Russian Revolution and Civil War, the siege of Leningrad, and the post-Stalin Thaw.

LC Classification NumberPG3476.B45D613 2018