Memories
Subtitle: from Moscow to the Black Sea
By: Teffi ; translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler, Anne-Marie Jackson and Irina Steinberg ; introduction by Edythe Haber
Contributors: Chandler, Robert, 1953- translator; Chandler, Elizabeth, 1947- translator; Jackson, Anne Marie, translator; Steinberg, Irina, translator; Haber, Edythe C., writer of introduction
Series: New York Review Books Classics; New York Review Books classics
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9781590179512
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Personal narratives; Russian Women authors; Biography; History
Other titles: From Moscow to the Black Sea
Work titles: Vospominanii︠a︡
Description: Considered Teffi's single greatest work, Memories: From Moscow to the Black Sea is a deeply personal account of the author's last months in Russia and Ukraine, suffused with her acute awareness of the political currents churning around her, many of which have now resurfaced. In 1918, in the immediate aftermath of the Russian Revolution, Teffi, whose stories and journalism had made her a celebrity in Moscow, was invited to read from her work in Ukraine. She accepted the invitation eagerly, though she had every intention of returning home. As it happened, her trip ended four years later in Paris, where she would spend the rest of her life in exile.
Notes: Translation from the Russian of: Vospominanii︠a︡.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-267).