Anna of All the Russias: A Life of Anna Akhmatova

A definitive portrait of the legendary Russian poet reexamines the dramatic life of an extraordinary writer, detailing the personal and political passions that informed her poetry, the banning of her work before and after World War II, her three turbulent marriages, her anti-Stalinist beliefs, her friendship with Shostakovich and Pasternak, and her remarkable literary works. Reprint.