a curious new book on Akhmatova
Boris Dagaev
boris.dagaev at GMAIL.COM
Wed Aug 15 02:30:34 UTC 2007
Sorry, "are quite astonishing". I am going to get a glass of wine to
regain my composure :-)
On 8/14/07, Boris Dagaev <boris.dagaev at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Kataeva exposes Akhmatova as liar, drunk, coward and a mentally
> disturbed woman...
>
> Which takes nothing away from the poetry. Quite to the contrary -
> composure and artistic control from a drunk and a coward is quite
> astonishing. I am guessing Kataeva missed such a positive possibility
> :-)
>
>
> On 8/14/07, Alexandra Smith <Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> > Dear colleagues,
> >
> > Just for your amusement, I would like to draw your attention to Dmitry
> > Bykov's interview with Professor Alexander Zholkovsky regards a very
> > weird new book on Anna Akhmatova penned by Tamara Kataeva: the
> > interview was published in the latest issue of OGONYOK:
> > http://www.ogoniok.com/5008/27/
> > Kataeva exposes Akhmatova as liar, drunk, coward and a mentally
> > disturbed woman...
> >
> > All best,
> > Alexandra
> >
> >
> > ===================================
> >
> > Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
> > Lecturer in Russian
> > School of European Languages and Cultures
> > The University of Edinburgh
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> > Edinburgh EX8 9JX
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> >
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