Ning's Memoirs

Author: Puning
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This autobiographical memoir by the renowned Russian writer Puning consists of three parts: Autobiographical Notes, Diaries, and Other Scattered Pieces. Puning, in his characteristic simple and unpretentious style, describes his tranquil early life in the countryside. He recalls his interactions with literary figures both great and small, including the debts and conflicts among them. Among these, he offers unique assessments of prominent figures in Russian literature at the time, such as Maxim Gorky, Sergei Yesenin, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Ivan Kuprin, Alexander Blok, and Konstantin Balmont. At the same time, Puning expresses in the book his perspectives and feelings as a descendant of a declining noble family about the rapidly changing Russia.