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Poetry Russian & Former Soviet Union

Seven Lives

Almost Everything Can Be Taken from an Individual, but His or Her Story

by (author) Vladimir Azarov

Publisher
Exile Editions
Initial publish date
Apr 2014
Category
Russian & Former Soviet Union, Social History
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550963915
    Publish Date
    Apr 2014
    List Price
    $16.95

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Description

Vladimir Azarov grew up and came to maturity during a time in the Soviet Union when penal camps and the secret police were ubiquitous, but the one great truth that he and the world learned from all the great Russian writers, and that he learned in his own life in political exile, is that almost everything can be taken from an individual but his or her story, his or her undying and unyielding sense of self. No matter what, the self perseveres, even in the most perverse and punishing circumstances. Azarov, in his own plainspoken voice, has composed seven stories about seven lives that are marvelously moving in their seeming simplicity, their actual depth. Seven Lives is Vladimir Azarov’s childhood experiences of Soviet life transformed into a poetic witnessing.

About the author

Vladimir Azarov is an architect originally from Moscow. His other books include Graphics of Life, Black Square, My Bestiary, and 26: Letters Poems Pictures. Mr. Azarov lives in Toronto.

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