On the shores of the Seine

The stunning success of the book on the banks of the Neva inspired Irina Odoevtsev to create a second part of memoirs, the book on the banks of the Seine "dedicated to the life of Russian writers in exile.
In the same way as in the first book, Odoevtseva tells first of all not about herself, but about those people with whom her fate faced. The characters of this book are K. Balmont, G. Ivanov, I. Bunin, I. Severyanin, G. Adamovich, M. Tsvetaev. In fact, the whole Russian Silver Age that turned out to be exiled.
Odoevtseva’s book tells about the generation of people who have recognized themselves as the keepers and successors of Russian literary traditions. Written without unnecessary pathos, in an easy tongue, it makes it possible to feel the breath of the living life of those fabulous years