An enthralling novelette by Boris Pasternak, the author of Dr.
Zhivago, Adolescence of Zhenya Luvers explores how a
thirteen-year-old girl ceases to be a child and becomes a woman in
Russia just before the Communist Revolution. The story examines the
world through the reminiscences of a young girl and explores such
themes as nature and how we are able to shape the world around us
by how we perceive it. The novelette gives readers a prime example
of Pasternak s signature style and use of poetics, imagery, and
lyricism in prose. Adolescence of Zhenya Luvers is one of Pasternak
s first stories, and it originally appeared in a collection by the
same name published in 1925. Author: Boris (Leonidovich) Pasternak
was a Russian philosopher, poet, writer, and translator. He is
famous worldwide for his novel Doctor Zhivago, which won him the
Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958. Born in Moscow in 1890 to a
painter father and concert-pianist mother, Pasternak first pursued
a formal education in musical composition at the University of
Moscow, studying under the composer Scriabin. After six years, he
gave up music and, following a brief stint in Germany studying
philosophy, he returned to Russia to devote his life to writing.
With the release of two major works of poetry My Sister Life (1922)
and Themes and Variations (1923), Pasternak found himself among the
leading poets in Russia. He went on to publish works of fiction,
including Adolescence of Zhenya Luvers (1924), several short story
collections, and an acclaimed autobiography. As his writing grew
more political in the 30s and 40s, Pasternak was unable to publish
his own poetry, and instead turned to translating great literary
works, including his mentor Rainer Marie Rilke, into Russian. In
1957, only three years before his death, he published Doctor
Zhivago to instant international acclaim and a Nobel Prize
nomination. In Russia, however, the book s politics were not well
received. It was banned and Pasternak was expelled from the Union
of Soviet Writers. This tumultuous political spotlight forced him
to decline the award. Since his death in 1960, however, Pasternak s
works have grown in popularity and he remains one of the most
influential Russian writers of the twentieth century.
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