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The Complete Works of Boris Pasternak. 11 Volumes Set (Russian Language Edition) + Multimedia Cd-rom
The Complete Works of Boris Pasternak 11 Volumes Set Multimedia Cd-rom - Russian Language Edition Author:Boris Pasternak During B. Pasternaks lifetime not a single works collection was published. — Pasternak Complete Set of Works is the first edition containing full volume of archive materials gathered within 40 years of his poetic work, which gives an opportunity to visualize the process how this or that poem was created. The comments to poems include all versions... more » of unidentified autographs from archives of L. Ozerov, L. Brick, O. Ivinskaya, and others.
Pasternaks poetry lovers will find unknown editions and fragments. Different editions of the famous Hamlet and other verses are found. Draft wordings of Doctor Zhivago are presented, including pieces and versions rejected by Pasternak. Some of them were discarded for political reasons, but now they bring new dimensions and coloring to the novel.
The set ncludes adjusted versions of some unfinished fictional pieces. The comments to the prose have draft versions which let to follow the refinement of Pasternaks skills prior to approaching his major work Doctor Zhivago novel. It is the first time when the novel is accompanied by the comprehensive detailed comments both regarding the history of the novel creation, as well as many text peculiarities.
In First Experiments section there are unfinished and unpublished creations by Pasternak. They found some Pasternaks speeches transcripts and biographic forms unknown to readers. Poetic translation section is widened too translations of Charles van Lerberg will be introduced to the booklovers for the first time. Also new to the readers will be the first edition of his Shakespeares Hamlet translation, a fragment of Goethes Mysteries in a never previously published version.
Multimedia CD-ROM includes:
Texts:
Biography Destiny and Experience of B. Pasternak
Translations of dramatic works, not included into the basic set;