In a Room and a Half
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"One and a Half Rooms" is perhaps the most famous essay by Joseph Brodsky, written by him in America in English in 1985. The poet reminisces about his childhood and youth, about the famous Muruzi house on Liteyny Prospect, where he lived from 1955 until his very emigration, about his recently deceased parents, whom he was not destined to see after leaving. "I write about them in English because I want to grant them a reserve of freedom, a reserve that grows with the number of those who wish to read this. I want Maria Volpert and Alexander Brodsky to gain reality in the 'foreign code of conscience', I want the verbs of motion of the English language to repeat their gestures. It will not resurrect them, but at least the English grammar is capable of serving as a better emergency exit from the furnace pipes of the state crematorium than the Russian." By its nature, the essay "One and a Half Rooms" is close to lyricism, it is poetry in prose, enchanting us with the beauty and power of emotional impact. In the present edition, the essay is published in two languages — English and Russian (translated by Maxim Nemtsov).
Author:
Author:Brodsky I.
Cover:
Cover:softcover
Category:
- Category:Humor & Entertainment
- Category:Modern Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Dimensions:
Dimensions:18x11.5x1.1 cm
Series:
Series:Alphabet - classic
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-389-20735-6
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