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Title: Memoir of 19th Century Russian Literary and Artistic Circles
Review: A personal history of late 19th century and early 20th century Russian literary and artistic circles, penned by one who was there and clearly loved every minute of it. Teleshov's wistful style is enjoyable but often fails to dig under the surface of his subjects and of himself. Why? Maybe it was simply due to his personality or maybe the Stalinist chill at the time this was written. Teleshov was rare in that he managed to escape state persecution. Still, this work may have had to suffer for him.Devotees of Russian literature might enjoy A WRITER REMEMBERS, as will any fans of Lionel Britton, the mysterious British novelist and playwright, who translated this memoir along with one other Russian work for his publishers, Hutchinson. His novel HUNGER AND LOVE is much more engaging and unique, though.
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