Portraits without Frames by Lev Ozerov xmas24classiclit war and memory

war and memory

in pursuit of new variations of this singular architectural form

this masterpiece offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human consequences of the war – and an extraordinary chronicle of the Russian soul

including the celebrated novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina

Since the Cold War ended and these borders came down

Portraits without Frames by Lev Ozerov xmas24classiclit war and memoryLev Ozerov's finest book, Portraits Without Frames comprises fifty intimate, skillfully crafted accounts of meetings with important figures, ranging from fellow poets Anna Akhmatova and Boris Pasternak, to prose writers Isaac Babel and Andrey Platonov, to artists and composers Vladimir Tatlin and Dmitry Shostakovich. It is both a testament to an extraordinary life and a perceptive mini encyclopedia of Soviet culture. Composed in delicate, rhythmic