Eight-year-old Sergei lived an idyllic family life in the country, but in the winter of 1799, a terrible calamity occurred: he was sent to boarding school. This memoir beautifully recounts his life as he grows to early manhood.
Though describing a childhood far away and long ago, Sergei Aksakov--an intimate of Nikolai Gogol's--makes us see and feel the young boy's life. The English writer John Bayley describes Aksakov's writing this way: "One of [his] secrets is that he seems to co-exist equally with himself when young and when old, and never to call attention . . . to the difference between them."
Thanks to Aksakov's twofold vision, A Russian Schoolboy pleases both young and old readers, making it a perfect cross-over title.
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Though describing a childhood far away and long ago, Sergei Aksakov--an intimate of Nikolai Gogol's--makes us see and feel the young boy's life. The English writer John Bayley describes Aksakov's writing this way: "One of [his] secrets is that he seems to co-exist equally with himself when young and when old, and never to call attention . . . to the difference between them."
Thanks to Aksakov's twofold vision, A Russian Schoolboy pleases both young and old readers, making it a perfect cross-over title.
A Russian Schoolboy
Eight-year-old Sergei lived an idyllic family life in the country, but in the winter of 1799, a terrible calamity occurred: he was sent to boarding school. This memoir beautifully recounts his life as he grows to early manhood.
Though describing a childhood far away and long ago, Sergei Aksakov--an intimate of Nikolai Gogol's--makes us see and feel the young boy's life. The English writer John Bayley describes Aksakov's writing this way: "One of [his] secrets is that he seems to co-exist equally with himself when young and when old, and never to call attention . . . to the difference between them."
Thanks to Aksakov's twofold vision, A Russian Schoolboy pleases both young and old readers, making it a perfect cross-over title.
Though describing a childhood far away and long ago, Sergei Aksakov--an intimate of Nikolai Gogol's--makes us see and feel the young boy's life. The English writer John Bayley describes Aksakov's writing this way: "One of [his] secrets is that he seems to co-exist equally with himself when young and when old, and never to call attention . . . to the difference between them."
Thanks to Aksakov's twofold vision, A Russian Schoolboy pleases both young and old readers, making it a perfect cross-over title.
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940014801744 |
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| Publisher: | Dry, Paul Books, Incorporated |
| Publication date: | 06/13/2012 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 191 |
| File size: | 361 KB |
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