“[A] testament to a great spirit, a woman who lived in terrifying proximity to one of the greatest writers of all time, and who understood exactly the high price she would have to pay for this privilege.” —Jay Parini, author of The Last Station
Translated by Cathy Porter and with an introduction by Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing, The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy chronicles in extraordinary detail the diarist’s remarkable marriage to the legendary man of letters, Count Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Set against the backdrop of Russia’s turbulent history at the turn of the 20th century, The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy offers a fascinating look at a remarkable era, a complicated artist, and the extraordinary woman who stood at his side.

The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy

Biographies & Memoirs

Porter, Cathy

Community & Culture

Harper-perennial

Fathers and daughters: Russian women in revolution

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Virago : Quartet Books

Alexandra Kollontai: A Biography

Historical

Merlin Press

Alexandra Kollontai: A biography

Virago

Larissa Reisner

This unique drawing book presents more than 75 drawings by some of Russia's greatest writers, ranging from doodles to sketches to finished paintings and graphic works—published for the first time in the West. Witty, lyrical, macabre and charming, they reveal a fascinating hidden side to the Russian creative genius. In addition to a never-before-translated story by Chekhov, there are 64 blank pages for the reader's own use.

The Writer's Drawing Book: The Russians

Arts & Photography

Shambhala

Alexandra Kollontai was a key leader of the Russian Socialist movement, the only woman in the early Soviet government, and one of the most famous women in Russian history. She worked tirelessly all her life as a speaker, writer, and organizer for women's emancipation. This compelling biography recounts her life for an emerging generation of fighters for women's liberation.
Cathy Porter is a translator, teacher, and researcher on Russian history. She is the author of Fathers and Daughters: Russian Women in Revolution and translator of Alexandra Kollontai's Love of Worker Bees.

Haymarket Books

"She burst across the revolutionary sky like a blazing meteor, dazzling all in her path," Trotsky wrote. For the poet Boris Pasternak, she was Lara, the heroine of his novel Doctor Zhivago. Commissar, revolutionary fighter, espionage agent, journalist, Larisa Reisner (1895-1926) was a model for the 'new woman' of the Russian Revolution, and one of its most popular and brilliant writers, whose works were published in mass editions and read by millions. In this sweeping biography, Cathy Porter sets her life against the backdrop of the world-shaking events of 1917. Drawing on material recently released from the Soviet archives, Porter tells Reisner's story through the memories of those close to her, her own voluminous writings, and her six books--published for the first time together with this biography.

Larisa Reisner: A Biography (Historical Materialism)

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

Windows of Remembrance: Down in the Dirt magazine May-August 2018 issue collection book

Literature & Fiction

Kuypers, Janet

Scars Publications

Onik, Allan

Schenck, Andy

Costello, Bruce

Frigo, Carlos

S., Devin

Hawley, Doug

Tomitch, Eli

Literary

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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