Contents
Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899-1980): An Obituary
by Joseph Brodsky V
Introduction by Clarence Brown xvii
Translator's Preface xxvii
1. A May Night 3
2. Confiscation 6
3. Morning Thoughts 10
4. The Second Round 16
5. Shopping Baskets 19
6. "Integral Moves" 21
7. Public Opinion 24
8. Interview 29
9. Theory and Practice 33
10. Leaving for Exile 38
11. On the Other Side 41
12. The Irrational 44
13. The Namesake 51
14. A Piece of Chocolate 54
15. The Leap 56
16. Cherdyn 60
17. Hallucinations 65
18. Professional Sickness 71
19. "Inside" 74
20. Christophorovich 79
21. Who Is to Blame? 86
22. The Adjutant 89
23. On the Nature of the Miracle 93
24. Journey to Voronezh 97
25. Thou Shalt Not Kill 102
26. The Woman of the Russian Revolution 109
27. Transmission Belts 113
28. Voronezh 119
29. Doctors and Illnesses 124
30. The Disappointed Landlord 128
31. Money 137
32. The Origins of the Miracle 146
33. The Antipodes 151
34. Two Voices 156
35. The Path to Destruction 158
36. Capitulation 164
37. The Change of Values 171
38. Work 182
39. Moving Lips 186
40. Book and Notebook 191
41. Cycle 194
42. The Last Winter in Voronezh 196
43. The Ode 200
44. Golden Rules 205
45. "Hope" 212
46. "One Extra Day" 216
47. The "Bessarabian Carriage" 219
48. The Illusion 223
49. The Reader of One Book 227
50. Tikhonov 234
51. The Bookcase 237
52. Our Literature 246
53. Italy 249
54. The Social Structure 255
55. "NeTreba" 260
56. The Earth and Its Concerns 263
57. Archive and Voice 271
58. Old and New 280
59. A "Convicted Person" 284
60. Chance 288
61. The Electrician 292
62. In the Country 295
63. Ordeal by Fear 300
64. Cow or Poetry Reading? 303
65. The Old Friend 307
66. Tania, the Non-Party Bolshevik 310
67. Poetry Lovers 317
68. Eclipse 322
69. A Scene from Life 325
70. The Suicide 328
71. Rebirth 331
72. The Last ldyll 337
73. The Textile Workers 344
74. The Shklovskis 349
75. Maryina Roshcha 353
76. The Accomplice 355
77. The Young Lady of Samatikha 360
78. The First of May 363
79. Gugovna 366
80. The Trap 370
81. The Window on the Sophia Embankment 373
82. The Date of Death 380
83. One Final Account 395
Appendix
A. Notes on Persons Mentioned in the Text 403
B. Note on Literary Movements and Organizations 426
Index 429