Portraits without Frames by Lev Ozerov xmas24classiclit They were united by their

They were united by their interest in this project and common practices of creative cooperation

this masterpiece offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human consequences of the war – and an extraordinary chronicle of the Russian soul

There are those who look back on the Cold War with nostalgia and affection

including the celebrated novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina

and Catherine her young male favourites

Portraits without Frames by Lev Ozerov xmas24classiclit They were united by theirLev Ozerov's finest book, Portraits Without Frames comprises fifty intimate, skillfully crafted accounts of meetings with important figures, ranging from fellow poets Anna Akhmatova and Boris Pasternak, to prose writers Isaac Babel and Andrey Platonov, to artists and composers Vladimir Tatlin and Dmitry Shostakovich. It is both a testament to an extraordinary life and a perceptive mini encyclopedia of Soviet culture. Composed in delicate, rhythmic