A VANISHED PRESENT, The Memoirs of ALEXANDER PASTERNAK,
by Ann Pasternak Slater, editor
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stickers, stamps, barcode etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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Oxford University Press, publishers, Oxford 1984 hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stickers, stamps, barcode etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Alexander Pasternak was three years younger than his brother, Boris. His recollections of their childhood and adolescence in Moscow (pre-Revolution) throw a fascinating light on the development of a major writer. Alexander Pasternak became an architect, and describes the magnificent buildings and churches of his youth. Alexander and Boris first met Scriabin during the period her was composing his Third Symphony. War, the Revolution, and the Russian debut of Isadora Duncan are also covered here. Twenty-four pages of unique Pasternak family photographs.
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- Seller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 37672
- Title
- A VANISHED PRESENT, The Memoirs of ALEXANDER PASTERNAK,
- Author
- Ann Pasternak Slater, editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stickers, stamps, barcode etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, publishers, Oxford
- Date Published
- 1984
- Pages
- 214 pages
- Keywords
- Biography Architecture Russian Architect Alexander Pasternak Boris Pasternak
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