The Akhmatova Journals 19381941 Author:Lidiia Korneevna Chukovskaia, Lydia Chukovskaya Anna Akhmataova's friend Lydia Chukovskaya kept intimate diaries of her conversations with the great poet. This book offers a rare look into the day-to-day life of Akhmatova: her fortunes and sorrows, the evoluation of her writing, her inspiration and imagination. Chukovskaya herself was a major Russian writer; her memoir is a testament to a p... more »oet's life and the cultural life of a nation.« less