End of a Poet The Last Days of Tsvetaeva

In this remarkable investigation into the conditions that led to the suicide of the great poet Marina Tsvetaeva in 1941, the eminent Russian scholar Irma Kudrova goes to a source previously unavailable to researchers -- the archives or the Soviet secret police. A true historical detective story, The End of a Poet is more than just the story of what happened to Tsvetaeva: it is a case history of terror, revealing the stunning degree to which normally honorable people were made into informers. Included are diary fragments; Tsvetaeva's last letters; the stenographic account of her interrogation by the French police; and Tsvetaeva's letter to Stalin. Includes many rare photographs.Kudrova, Irma is the author of 'End of a Poet The Last Days of Tsvetaeva' with ISBN 9780875011561 and ISBN 087501156X.