Anna Akhmatova: Poet and Prophet

by Roberta Reeder

Book Overview

This riveting biography tells the tragic story of one of our century's great poets. Born to aristocracy, Anna was raised in St. Petersburg in the twilight of the Romanov dynasty. With gift for poetry... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312134290
• ISBN13: 9780312134297
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Length: 619 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Read it slowly

I had never heard of Anna Akhmatova until three months ago. I've read 10 pages a day and just finished and I will miss the bio. It's one of the best bio's I've read in a long time and now I will start reading her poetry.

A look into Russian intellectual life

Much more than the biography of a great poet, it is a looking glass into intellectual life in Russia during one of its most prolific and tragic eras. Invaluable. (Reviewed in Russian Life)

Chock full bio of a fascinating muse, great poet

First of all, I've read this bio Twice thru and still, not enough! Akhmatova had a fascinating beauty. Painted and photographed by many. She was a great poet who evolved during Un imaginable tumolt . She witnessed this & uncannily endured. But what an undivided love and loyalty left over riding for this place called Russia. What a strange continent this must be.. What a place of paradoxs, Russia must be. This rich bio lends all of that. One of my FAVORITE biographies, ever! i

An interesting character in interesting times

Beautifully written bringing to life the real Anna set in the real history of that period in Russia. Both a history lesson and a poetry lesson.