When I studied 20th century Russian literature some years ago the name of the Russian art historian Igor Golomstock (1929 -2017 ) came up from time to time, but I confess my recollection of him was rather hazy. So I was pleased when his autobiographical work, A Ransomed Dissident, translated by Sara Jolly and Boris […]
Category: Writers
Time for Turgenev
I have been reading The Europeans by Orlando Figes The book traces the story of the relationship between the writer, Ivan Turgenev, and the Spanish opera singer Pauline Viardot. Turgenov wrote that she was the only love of his life, and their relationship fluctuated between the very close to the quite distant over the […]