Seine River

Author: [Russian] I. Odoyevskaya, translated by Lan Yingnian
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The author is a female writer from the Silver Age of Russian literature. This memoir recounts the hardships and intense nostalgia of Russian writers who emigrated to Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, such as Marina Tsvetaeva, Zinaida Gippius, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Tatyana Afanasyeva, and Konstantin Balmont. The late years of Nobel Prize laureate Ivan Bunin are particularly depicted with exquisite detail and vividness. For more details, see Mr. Lan Yingnian's "Translator's Preface." This is a memoir that tells the story of the hardships and intense nostalgia of Russian writers who emigrated to Paris in the 1920s and 1930s.