Save my sad story...Lena Mukhina's diary of the blockade.
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Leningrad schoolgirl Lena Mukhina began keeping a diary in May 1941, not anticipating that very soon the entries in this small notebook would transform from a chronicle of youthful infatuation into a chronicle of one of the most terrible catastrophes in human history and become part of a dramatic collective text called 'blockade diaries'. What can be opposed to the agonizing death from hunger in conditions where commonly accepted moral norms are collapsing? What can save from spiritual degradation in conditions where the struggle for survival deprives one of their 'human face', and hunger and fear of death turn a person into an animal? One of the means of salvation turned out to be the orderliness of letters. An attempt to make sense of what is happening through words, to understand oneself. And also: an intuitive knowledge that one must preserve their history, their experience - for others. Today, as more and more blockade diaries are deciphered and published, we understand the enduring value of these documentary testimonies of a tragic era. Similar to Anne Frank's diary, Lena Mukhina's diary rightfully belongs to the most dramatic and poignant works of the 20th century.
Author:
Author:Lena Mukhina
Cover:
Cover:hardcover
Category:
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Fiction
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Dimensions:
Dimensions:21.6x14.5x2.5 cm
Series:
Series:Persona
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-389-24119-0
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