A new translation of Bely's colourful evocation of Russia's capital over a short, turbulent period in 1905. History, culture and politics are blended and juxtaposed; weather reports, current news, fashions and psychology jostle together with people from Petersburg society.

Petersburg

Literature & Fiction

Andrei Bely

Contemporary

Penguin

The silver dove

Grove Press; [Distributed by Random House

Manouche

The Silver Dove, published four years before Bely's masterpiece Petersburg, is considered the first modern Russian novel. Breaking with Russian realism, and a pioneering Symbolist work, its vividly drawn characters, elemental landscapes, and rich style make it accessible to the Western reader, and this new translation makes the complete work available in English for the first time. Dissatisfied with the life of the intelligentsia, the poet Daryalsky joins a rural mystic sect, the Silver Doves. The locals, in particular the peasant woman Matryona, are fascinated by the dashing stranger. Daryalsky is in turn taken in by the Doves' intimacy with the mystical and spiritual--and by Matryona. Under the influence of Kudeyarov, the ruthless cult leader, Daryalsky is used in a bid to produce a sacred child. But in time the poet disappoints the Doves and must face their suspicions and jealousies--and his own inevitable dire fate.

The Silver Dove

Northwestern University Press

First published in Russian in 1921 and never translated, Andrey Bely's long narrative poem--considered to be one of the great achievements of Russian Modernism--is translated to English here. A poet, critic, philosopher, and novelist, Bely was a leading figure among the Russian Symbolists, and The First Encounter is thought to be his greatest work in verse. The poem is autobiographical and reflects turn of-the-century Moscow with its mixture of entrenched positivism and new spiritualistic trends, cultural variety and the upheaval of the time.Originally published in 1979.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

First Encounter

University of Rochester Press

Petersburg (Russian Edition)

Bradda Bks.

Petersburg (Russian Classics) (in Russian) (Russian Edition)

History & Criticism

Bookking international

Petersburg.

Andrej Belyj

Suhrkamp

Peterburg roman

AST, AST Moskva, Khranitel'

Andreĭ Belyĭ: Problemy tvorchestva : statʹi, vospominanii͡a︡, publikat͡s︡ii (Russian Edition)

Sov. pisatelʹ

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