{"product_id":"a-captive-spirit-by-marina-tsvetaeva-gently-used","title":"A Captive Spirit by Marina Tsvetaeva (Used Paperback) – Russian Literary Memoir","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA Captive Spirit – Selected Prose by Marina Tsvetaeva\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Marina Tsvetaeva\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback | \u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good (Used)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Literary Memoir \/ Russian Modernist Prose\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExiled in Paris and isolated within the émigré community, Marina Tsvetaeva became increasingly attuned to biography, history, and myth. This collection features her celebrated portraits of poets Maximilian Voloshin and Andrei Bely—vivid eyewitness accounts—alongside moving family chronicles told through a child’s perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer lyrical reminiscences of father, mother, and siblings capture intimate truths with extraordinary immediacy. Two works of literary criticism round out the volume, revealing Tsvetaeva’s formidable analytical intelligence. Vladimir Nabokov called her \u003cem\u003e“a writer of genius.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for fans of:\u003c\/strong\u003e Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak, Russian modernism, literary biography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrequently asked:\u003c\/strong\u003e Is this fiction or nonfiction? It’s nonfiction—selected prose essays and memoir by one of Russia’s greatest 20th-century poets.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good — may have light wear; text is clean and readable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Berry Bookish Sisters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56001115488329,"sku":null,"price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/8574\/0361\/files\/A_Captive_Spirit_by_Marina_Tsvetaeva.jpg?v=1788362172","url":"https:\/\/berrybookishsisters.com\/products\/a-captive-spirit-by-marina-tsvetaeva-gently-used","provider":"Berry Bookish Sisters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}