Table of Contents

Brief Outline of Valerii Pereleshin’s Life

Preface

PART ONE: CHINA, 1920–1952

1. Russian Childhood

2. Harbin: On the Way of Becoming a Poet

3. Harbin: The Poet as a Monk

4. Beijing: “Wonderful, Beloved City”

5. Shanghai: Fogs and Chimeras

6. The Long Farewell

PART TWO: BRAZIL, 1953–1992

7. Cidadã marvelhosa

8. Resurrection of a Poet

9. From Mount Nebo

10. The Lefthander

11. New Roads and Great Loss

12. Growing Recognition

13. Last Love, Last Books, Last Years

Promotional Information

"The story of Valerii Pereleshin, 'the best Russian poet of the Southern Hemisphere,' makes fascinating reading. Both his biography and his poetry deserve to be brought to the attention of a wider audience." -- Barry Scherr, Mandel Family Professor of Russian, Dartmouth College "Written in a lucid and balanced way, Valerii Pereleshin strikes the right balance between Pereleshin's life, poetry, and philosophical views." -- Alexandra Smith, Reader in Russian Studies, University of Edinburgh

About the Author

Olga Bakich has retired from teaching Russian language and Russian émigré literature at the University of Toronto.

Reviews

‘This book offers its reader a mind-blowing adventure: it is the story of the life and writing of a twentieth century Russian poet at once too strange, too radical, and too good to be true.’
*The Russian review vol 75:02:2016*

‘The book is impressively researched, with a formidable scholarly apparatus…. Even more remarkable is Bakich’s deft handling of a bewilderingly complex context.’
*Slavic & East European Journal vol 61:02:2017*