{"product_id":"evening-seraphina-powell-9798298203807","title":"Evening","description":"I\u003cbr\u003eAkhmatova was born in 1899, well-educated, of a noble, land-owning family. \u003ci\u003eEvening\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1912, when she was twenty-three. It inaugurated a new epoch in Russian poetry. Each poem condenses into a few lucid stanzas the emotional depth one might expect in a psychological novel. Nothing like it had ever been seen, in Russia or elsewhere. It sold out edition after edition, and became the Bible of Russian lovers.\u003cbr\u003e The book found many imitators among literary ladies. Told, \"You have given Russian womankind a voice!\" Akhmtova replied, \"Yes, but now how do I get them to shut up?\"\u003cbr\u003e Akhmatova had a gift for depicting physical things in a way that carried psychological meaning. But she was not simply manufacturing metaphors. Her images have a photographic precision that makes them too concrete to be simply symbols. And they are not photographs, because they capture not a moment, but a narrative. They have a \u003ci\u003emomentum\u003c\/i\u003e. Akhmatova's imagery is \u003ci\u003ecinematic\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seraphina Powell,Anna Akhmatova\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798298203807\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Seraphina Powell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47931162132735,"sku":"9798298203807","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea5bf237-6150-452a-bb92-37eff73ca5ae.jpg?v=1766346872","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/evening-seraphina-powell-9798298203807","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}