Memories - From Moscow to the Black Sea

Product Description WINNER OF THE 2018 READ RUSSIA PRIZE WINNER OF THE PUSHKIN HOUSE BEST BOOK IN TRANSLATION 2017 BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week 'Wonderfully idiosyncratic, coolly heartfelt and memorable' William Boyd 'One of the great writers of early 20th Century Russia' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'A remarkable memoir . . . both potent and endearing' Erica Wagner, New Statesman WINNER OF THE PUSHKIN HOUSE PRIZE 'BEST RUSSIAN BOOK IN TRANSLATION The writer and satirist Teffi was a literary sensation in Russia until war and revolution forced her to leave her country for ever. Memories is a blackly funny and heartbreaking account of her final, frantic journey into exile across Russia - travelling by cart, freight train and rickety steamer - and the 'ordinary and unheroic' people she encounters. Fusing exuberant wit and bitter horror, this is an extraordinary portrayal of what it means to say goodbye, and confirms Teffi as one of the most humane, perceptive observers of her times, and an essential writer for ours. Review 'Teffi is one of the great writers of early 20th century Russia... Pushkin Press has done literature a service by rediscovering and publishing Teffi's brilliant works' --Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Romanovs 'Wonderfully idiosyncratic, coolly heartfelt and memorable' --William Boyd, The Sunday Times 'Darkly funny... she did write in this very charming, humorous and light way that allowed her to slip in these satirical points in a way that was acceptable' --BBC Radio 4 Open Book About the Author Teffi (1872-1952) wrote poems, plays, stories, satires and feuilletons, and was renowned in Russia for her wit and powers of observation. Following her emigration in 1919 she settled in Paris, where she became a leading figure in the �migr� literary scene. Now her genius has been rediscovered by a new generation of readers, and she once again enjoys huge acclaim in Russia and across the world. Her short-story collection Subtly Worded and her non-fiction collection Rasputin and Other Ironiesare also published by Pushkin Press.