Literary Russia: A Guide

by Rosamund Bartlett, Anna Benn

From the streets of Bulgakov's Moscow to the country estates of Tolstoy, Literary Russia is a breathtaking guide to one of the greatest traditions of literature. Rosamund Bartlett and Anna Benn take us from the museums to the sites most central to the canon of Russian letters. A book to be read at home as much as by travelers, Literary Russia sketches an extraordinary portrait of Russia that unfolds in vivid detail.

Genres: Nonfiction, Literary Criticism

528 pages, Hardcover

First published December 27, 2007

About the author

Rosamund Bartlett is a cultural historian with expertise in Russian literature, music, and art. She has a particular interest in European Modernism, opera, and the intersection between politics, history and the arts, and has lectured on these subjects at universities and public institutions around the world. Her books include Wagner and Russia and Tolstoy: A Russian Life. She has also written a biography of Chekhov, and published translations of his short stories and letters. Her new translation of Anna Karenina was published in 2014.

She is a Trustee of the Anton Chekhov Foundation, for which is she currently overseeing the Early Chekhov Translation Project and the Anton Chekhov’s Garden project, which was launched with a show garden at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, 2-8 July 2018

Reviews

[Genessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

fascinating anecdotes arranged by locale make for good armchair travel as well as a handy survey of important Russian literature. definitely one I'll be keeping around.