Anna Akhmatova

the long version

This superb introduction to the work of the famous Russian poet Anna Akhmatova (1886-1966) begins with an account of her life in pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg and Stalinist Russia, and focuses principally on Akhmatova's poetry. Incorporating all recent scholarship, the author traces the ways in which Akhmatova's art reflected the tumultuous times in which she lived, and her emergence as the spokeswoman of her generation, to provide a long overdue account of her entire career.