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Hope Against Hope
Book • 1970
Hope Against Hope is Nadezhda Mandelstam's harrowing account of her life with her husband, Osip Mandelstam, a renowned Russian poet.
The memoir details Osip's arrest, interrogation, and eventual death in a Siberian gulag in 1938, following his satirical poem about Joseph Stalin.
Nadezhda's narrative provides a vital eyewitness account of Stalin's Soviet Union, highlighting the persecution of Russia's literary intelligentsia and her own courageous efforts to preserve her husband's poems and uncover the truth about his death.
The book is also a profoundly inspiring love story that underscores their determination to keep love and art alive in desperate circumstances.
The memoir details Osip's arrest, interrogation, and eventual death in a Siberian gulag in 1938, following his satirical poem about Joseph Stalin.
Nadezhda's narrative provides a vital eyewitness account of Stalin's Soviet Union, highlighting the persecution of Russia's literary intelligentsia and her own courageous efforts to preserve her husband's poems and uncover the truth about his death.
The book is also a profoundly inspiring love story that underscores their determination to keep love and art alive in desperate circumstances.
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Jacob Howland in relation to the idea that happiness, as a primary aim, has led to great evil.
Jacob Howland in relation to the idea that happiness, as a primary aim, has led to great evil.
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536. Ancient Stories That Bridge The Heavens & The Earth | Jacob Howland
Erwähnt als die Frau, die die Gedichte ihres Mannes auswendig lernte, um sie zu retten.
Monument für eine Stimme - Die Schriftstellerin Nadeschda Mandelstam
