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Nightingale Fever

Ronald Hingley

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2022
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Historia general y mundial
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9780367753344
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This book, first published in 1981, examines four of the greatest Russian poets, Anna Akhmatova, Osip Mandelstam, Boris Pasternak and Marina Tsvetayeva, their struggle to survive the Stalin years, and their dedication to their art despite considerable personal danger.

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