Akhmatova. With two wood engravings by Christopher Daunt.

Bookseller Notes

Fifteen poems from the renowned Nobel-nominated Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, who, despite censorship and condemnation by the Soviet authorities, remained in Russia, bearing testament through her highly original poetry, notable for its apparent simplicity and emotional restraint, with an extensive introduction by Burnett regarding her life and position in the great Russian literary tradition.