Andrei Bitov graduated from the Leningrad Mining Institute but chose to become a writer rather than a geologist. His new novel, Pushkin House (the second of his works translated into English), will probably share the “general acclaim” that greeted his short stories in Life in the Windy Weather, published a year ago. It is skillful...
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Art as Politics: Rebecca West’s Unpleasant Mirror
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” —Edmund Burke There is a photograph of Rebecca West taken shortly before her death: she sits in a throne-like armchair looking slightly off camera. One of her hands rests on the carved handle, the other is in her lap. Her...