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Дом поэта
Книга написана в середине 1970-х годов как полемика со «Второй книгой» Надежды Мандельштам. Главное, что заставило автора взяться за перо - желание защитить память Анны Ахматовой. Большое место в «Доме Поэта» занимает судьба Ахматовой, защита ее друзей, спор по поводу восприятия ее стихов, судьба ее рукописей и изданий. Постепенно «Дом Поэта» из полемики с Н. Мандельштам превращается в глубокий и интересный анализ творчества Анны Ахматовой и, в особенности, «Поэмы без героя». В уточнении фактов и дат, в доходчивой и убедительной трактовке многослойности «Поэмы» и заключена основная ценность этой книги для современного читателя.
504 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 1, 2010
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About the author
Lydia Chukovskaya
28 books44 followersLydia Chukovskaya wrote 'Sofia Petrovna', a harrowing story about life during the Great Purges. But it was a while before this story would achieve widespread recognition. Out of favour with the authorities, yet principled and uncompromising, Chukovskaya was unable to hold down any kind of steady employment. But gradually, she started to get published again: an introduction to the works of Taras Shevchenko, another one for the diaries of Miklouho-Maclay.
By the time of Stalin's death in 1953, Chukovskaya had become a respected figure within the literary establishment, as one of the editors of the cultural monthly 'Literaturnaya Moskva'. During the late 1950s, 'Sofia Petrovna' finally made its way through Russia's literary circles, in manuscript form through samizdat. Khrushchev's Thaw set in, and the book was about to be published in 1963, but was stopped at the last moment for containing "ideological distortions". Indomitable as ever, Chukovskaya sued the publisher for full royalties and won. The book was eventually published in Paris in 1965, but without the author's permission and under the somewhat inaccurate title 'The Deserted House'. There were also some unauthorized alterations to the text. The following year, a New York publisher published it again, this time with the original title and text fully restored.
By the time of Stalin's death in 1953, Chukovskaya had become a respected figure within the literary establishment, as one of the editors of the cultural monthly 'Literaturnaya Moskva'. During the late 1950s, 'Sofia Petrovna' finally made its way through Russia's literary circles, in manuscript form through samizdat. Khrushchev's Thaw set in, and the book was about to be published in 1963, but was stopped at the last moment for containing "ideological distortions". Indomitable as ever, Chukovskaya sued the publisher for full royalties and won. The book was eventually published in Paris in 1965, but without the author's permission and under the somewhat inaccurate title 'The Deserted House'. There were also some unauthorized alterations to the text. The following year, a New York publisher published it again, this time with the original title and text fully restored.
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June 29, 2022
Прочитала «Дом поэта» Лидии Чуковской. Эта книга была написана как полемика со «Второй книгой» Надежды Мандельштам. Надежда Яковлевна написала мемуары о муже, Ахматовой и других окружавших их литераторах. И Лидию Чуковскую возмущает, как можно писать книгу, полную сплетен и лжи, хлестаковщины «с Пушкиным на дружеской ноге» и грубости. Она же не знала, что это станет трендом. Мне кажется, что большинство современный биографий поэта/прозаика/актёра - это история с кем он спал, не спал, финансовые дела и самые неблаговидные поступки. В самом деле, не искусство же его обсуждать. Поэтому книге Чуковской очень сочувствую, но, увы, ничего она не изменила.
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