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Polina Barskova Ordre des livres (chronologique)

    Polina Barskova crée une poésie qui explore l'interaction complexe entre le langage, l'histoire et la mémoire personnelle. Ses vers explorent souvent l'apparentement banal, déterrant des résonances plus profondes de l'expérience humaine. Par un style pénétrant et une utilisation méticuleuse de la langue, elle crée des œuvres à la fois intimes et universelles. Barskova invite les lecteurs à contempler les manières dont le passé se tisse continuellement à travers nos vies présentes et comment l'art offre des voies de redécouverte.

    Living Pictures

    • Living Pictures

      • 224pages
      • 8 heures de lecture

      "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

      Living Pictures2020
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