Brodsky in Rome. In 3 volumes. Set in a gift box. Leving Yu.

"Joseph Brodsky in Rome. Volume 1: Guide ”

Having arrived in Rome for the first time a few months later forced emigration, Joseph Brodsky then returned to Italy almost every year - as a rule, combining the Christmas trip to Rome and Venice. In 1994, he will call his arrival there as a scholarship holder of the American Academy “Short Road to Paradise” and “The Best Time in His Life”. , and Rome with Brodsky - the cultural history and everyday life of space, from time immemorial, attracting not only artists and writers, but also numerous tourists. For this purpose, the book is equipped with an extensive introductory article and a detailed description of the places related to the life of the poet, as well as a map and possible pedestrian routes.

The book includes rare photographs, archival documents, a poet’s stay in Rome is presented. < /p>

"Joseph Brodsky in Rome. Volume 2: Poetry, prose, graphics ”

The book includes poems by Joseph Brodsky, dedicated to Rome, excerpts from the essays and letters with comments of the compiler, as well as Roman drawings, postcards and not published in Russian Italian interviews Brodsky. The book also reflects the period of Brodsky’s stay at the American Academy. It was then that the poet conceived, as at one time, Gogol, to establish in Rome the Russian Academy for young Russian scientists and artists. The idea of ​​the founding of the Russian analogue on the model of the American Academy is a project for which he actively took up his death. As an application, selected materials from the archive of a close friend of the poet Gianni Buttafava are published.

“Joseph Brodsky in Rome. Volume 3: Proceedings and days ”

Historical heritage, architecture, topography, ancient myths and stormy modern life of the capital of Italy gave Brodsky stories for creativity for several decades: in 1985 he admitted that“ he lived 32 years in the third Rome, about a year in the first ”(“ Journey to Istanbul ”). Over the next decade, Brodsky’s stay in Rome increased in a total of another year.

The book includes materials without which Brodsky’s stay in Rome in its entirety would be impossible: archival publications and fragments of the interview, decoding The Roman Hydrand Calendar and the unique photos taken by the poet in Italy, as well as his gift inscriptions on books for Roman friends.

The reconstruction of Brodsky’s labors and days in Rome completes conversations with contemporaries-his friends and colleagues American Academy.