Лучшие книги Элен Файнштейн

Гениальные стихи и противоречивая, страстная натура Анны Ахматовой известны во всем мире. К сожалению, многие мемуары и воспоминания об одной из величайших русских поэтесс грешат предвзятостью, слишком личностными взглядами на ее творчество и

Anna Akhmatova is recognised as one of the greatest poets of Russian literature, an iconic figure who gave voice to the suffering of the Russian people during the brutal years of Stalin's Terror.
Akhmatova began writing at a time when "to think of a woman as a poet was absurd" but her genius soared above any such category. Hailed as a great beauty, she married three times yet her personal life was shot through with tragedy and her only son and third husband were held captive in the Gulags. Through illness, poverty and repression-she maintained her resistance to the regime, with a dignity and composure which led her to be dubbed "Anna of all the Russias".

Lena's seemingly contented family life is coming apart at the seams. Her husband Ben has been having an affair with the au pair, and as their relationship slides he retreats more and more into his work in a science lab. Sons Alan and Michael may appear happy enough, but this is far from the case - both are responding to a physical world which they alone inhabit. And Lena - desperately lost and seeking an identity of her own, both inside and outside of her family unit - increasingly finds solace at the bottom of a bottle.

An exploration of just how lonely - and how magic - a marriage can be, The Circle is a poignant, poetic and incredibly assured debut novel.