Polina Barskova (Libri)

Polina Barskova Libri

Polina Barskova crea poesie che approfondiscono l'intricata interazione tra linguaggio, storia e memoria personale. I suoi versi esplorano spesso il mondo apparentemente banale, portando alla luce risonanze più profonde dell'esperienza umana. Attraverso uno stile penetrante e un uso meticoloso del linguaggio, crea opere che sono allo stesso tempo intime e universali. Barskova invita i lettori a contemplare i modi in cui il passato si intreccia continuamente nelle nostre vite presenti e come l'arte offra vie per la riscoperta.

Living Pictures

224pagine
8 ore di lettura

"Two lovers remain in a gallery of the Hermitage, refusing to shelter underground while Leningrad is under siege. Freezing and gnawed by hunger, they recite poems and stories to pass the time, re-enacting the paintings that are being evacuated from the museum. As their voices and bodies begin to fail and fragment, their conversation is interspersed with sections from a diary - a real document from a person who died during the blockade. This is the centrepiece of Living Pictures, Polina Barskova's genre-defying collection of fiction that reckons with the history and aftermath of the siege of Leningrad. Drawing on archival material and refracting it through fiction, Barskova draws arresting, fearless portraits of the lives caught up in the blockade. A work of stunning inventiveness and richly poetic language, Living Pictures is a dazzling collage of a city and a culture in crisis."--Provided by publisher

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