{"product_id":"testimony-from-the-literary-memoirs-of-semyon-izrailevich-lipkin-paperback-1","title":"Testimony: from the literary memoirs of Semyon Izrailevich Lipkin - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYvonne Green\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eSergei Makarov\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDonald Rayfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Jewish, Odesa-born poet, Semyon Izrailevich Lipkin (1911-2003), was a central figure in modern Russian literature, although until recently, he was best known in the West for his role in preserving the manuscript of Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate from the KGB.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a Soviet journalist in WW2, he witnessed and wrote about the horrors of Stalingrad, which led the Nobel Laureate Josef Brodsky to refer to him as 'Russia's war poet'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLater, during the years of Stalin's deportation of ethnic groups, Lipkin translated and preserved the language and writings of Tajiks, Uzbeks, and Tatars and, in doing so, became a living repository of their culture for which he risked censure and arrest from the Soviet authorities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this memoir, Lipkin's humanity, civic courage, and friendship with many important Russian writers - Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetaeva, Andrei Platonov, and of course, Grossman himself - shine through the reports of terror and oppression that characterized this most turbulent period of Russian history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42031023915088,"sku":"9781739778514","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/eVFXTVNmUFNlQmFqT01TUEVnV1pvQT09_6ccd1213-0555-4347-a39d-e96b43192237.webp?v=1771834736","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/testimony-from-the-literary-memoirs-of-semyon-izrailevich-lipkin-paperback-1","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}