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Valerii Pereleshin : life of a silkworm
- Author / Creator
- Summary
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In Valerii Pereleshin: The Life of a Silkworm, Bakich delves deep into Pereleshin's poems and letters to tell the rich life story of this underappreciated writer.
Details
- Creator
- Olga Bakich
- Format
- Books
- Languages
- English, Russian
- Publication
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- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9781442619036, 1442619031, 9781442648920, 1442648929, 9781442619043, 144261904X, 9781442648920
- OCLC
- ocn905854831
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- In English; some quotations in Russian.
- ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Part One: China, 1920�1952""; ""1 Russian Childhood""; ""The Salatko-Petrishche Clan""; ""The Burakov Family""; ""Birth of a Poet, 1913""; ""Leaving Russia, 1920""; ""2 Harbin: On the Way to Becoming a Poet""; ""Harbin �migrés""; ""Mother�s Second Marriage, 1922""; ""Father and Other Relatives""; ""School Years, 1920�1930""; ""Law Faculty Student, 1930�1937""; ""Youth of a Poet""; ""Churaevka Literary Circle, 1932�1934""; ""Tragedy, 1934""; ""3 Harbin: The Poet as a Monk""; ""Love Affair, 1935�1936""
- ""Illness and Decisions, 1937""""On the Way: The First Book of Poetry, 1937""; ""Monk Herman, 1938""; ""Good Beehive: The Second Book of Poetry, 1939""; ""4 Beijing: “Wonderful, Beloved City�""; ""Beijing Ecclesiastical Mission""; ""Life in Beiguan, 1939""; ""Priest-Monk Herman, 1941""; ""Stay in Harbin, 1941�1942""; ""Star above the Sea: The Third Book of Poetry, 1941""; ""“Philosophy of Suffering, � 1942�1943""; ""Hardships in Beiguan""; ""Sacrifice: The Fourth Book of Poetry, 1944""; ""5 Shanghai: Fogs and Chimeras""; ""Shanghai Diocese, 1943""
- ""Friday Poetry Circle, 1943�1945""""End of the War, 1945""; ""Fatal Step, 1946""; ""Lucien, 1946""; ""“And This Treacherous Radiance!� 1946""; ""Post-war Years, 1945�1949""; ""6 The Long Farewell""; ""“Soviet Agent� in the USA, 1950""; ""Tianjin, 1950�1952""; ""Immigration to Brazil, 1952""; ""Poetry of the Chinese Life""; ""“On the Day That I Die�""; ""Part Two: Brazil, 1953�1992""; ""7 Cidade maravilhosa""; ""Love at First Sight, 1953""; ""Poems before the Ten-Year Silence, 1953�1957""; ""Librarian at the British Council, 1958�1967""; ""Return to Poetry, 1967""
- ""Poetic Developments of 1968�1971""""8 Resurrection of the Poet""; ""Searching for Work""; ""Southern Home: The Fifth Book of Poetry, 1968""; ""Contacts and Conflicts""; ""Swing: The Sixth Book of Poetry, 1971""; ""Sanctuary: The Seventh Book of Poetry, 1972""; ""Poems on a Fan, Anthology of Translations from Chinese Classical Poetry, 1970""; ""Translation of Qu Yuan, Li Sao, 1975""; ""Translating Daodejing, 1970s""; ""9 From Mount Nebo""; ""Trip to Europe, 1973""; ""Festival of Poetry in Texas, 1974""; ""Working on Poem without a Subject, 1970s""
- ""From Mount Nebo: The Eighth Book of Poetry, 1975""""10 The Left-hander""; ""Love by Correspondence, 1971�1974""; ""“Betrayal, � 1974""; ""Ariel: The Ninth Book of Poetry, 1976""; ""The Left-hander""; ""Epilogue to the Affair with the Phantom, 1977�1980""; ""11 New Roads and Great Loss""; ""Family Strife""; ""Translations""; ""Southern Cross: Anthology of Translations from Brazilian Poetry, 1978""; ""Mother�s Death, 11 October 1980""; ""Casa dos Artistas, 1983""; ""Nos odres velhos: Book of Poetry in Portuguese, 1983""; ""Translation of Mikhail Kuzmin�s Alexandrian Songs, 1986""