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020 _a9780375753169
082 _a891.7
_bMAN
100 _aMandelstam, Nadezhda
_993105
245 _aHope against hope : a memoir Tr. by Max Hayward
260 _aNew York
_bModern Library
_c1970
300 _axxv,442,ip.
505 _aContents 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
890 _aUSA
891 _aGeneral
942 _2ddc
999 _c71156
_d71156
650 _aIndustrialists
_aMandel'shtam, Osip, 1891-1938
_aMandel'shtam, Nadezhda, 1899-1980
_aIntellectual life
_aPolitics and government
_aSoviet Union
_aPoets, Russian