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Table of Contents: Part 1. Maze of Melodies (1890-1923) 1. Inspiration in Search of a Poet 2. Poet in Search of a Voice 3. Cloudburst of Light Part 2. Flirting with History (1923-1946) 4. Keeping Step with Revolution 5. Duet for One 6. The Poet Goes to War Part 3. Enemy of the People (1946-1960) 7. Ice Age Frolics 8. Birth Pangs of a Novelist 9. Dilemmas of a Doctor 10. Prizewinner 11. The Last Rebirth Publisher Marketing: This biographical study, first published in 1985, draws on extensive newly available material and illuminates the life and work of a man who lived through one of the most turbulent periods of Russian history to produce some of his country's greatest poetry and its most significant modern novel. |