It cruised mine. Berberova N.N.

“Mine” is the most famous book by Nina Berberova (1901–1993), which immediately became the world bestseller. Bright, independent, provocative, deeply personal - this autobiography caused a storm of complaints from the side of its “heroes” and remained a unique evidence of the life of the first Russian emigration. Portraits of V. Khodasevich, I. Bunin, M. Gorky, A. Belo, M. Tsvetaeva, Z. Gippius, G. Ivanov, V. Nabokov are written by an absolutely free person - without looking back, without fear, then whitish and ironically, then reverently And gently...

“I write a saga about my life, about myself, in which I am free to do what I want, to reveal secrets and keep them for myself, talk about myself, talk about others, not to speak neither About what, to stop at any point, close this notebook... Everything that is written here is written according to the two laws that I have recognized and which the following is: the first is to open myself to the end, and the second - hiring my life for myself alone. "