Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna

Rekviem 1935-1940 [Requiem]

Munich: Tovarishchestvo zarubezhnykh pisatelei, 1974. Item #1002

24 pages: portrait; 20 cm. Text in Russian. Third stereotype edition with an afterword by Gleb Struve. With the “LSR ExLibris” stamp on the title page.

"Requiem" stands as a poignant testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity, crafted by the esteemed Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. Composed intermittently over 26 years (1935-1961), this moving elegy captures the harrowing experiences of the Great Purge, through which Akhmatova herself lived, moving through various Soviet towns and cities. Notably absent from her collected works due to its forthright criticism of Stalin's purges, "Requiem" first saw publication in Munich in 1963, decades before it was allowed in the USSR in 1987. This collection is arguably the most famous poetic portrayal of the Soviet Great Terror, offering a deeply personal and historical chronicle through its verses.

Price: $100.00