Valerii Pereleshin : : The Life of a Silkworm / / Olga Bakich.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Pilot 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Bakich, Olga,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (408 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Preface --; Part One: China, 1920-1952 --; 1. Russian Childhood --; 2. Harbin: On the Way to Becoming a Poet --; 3. Harbin: The Poet as a Monk --; 4. Beijing: "Wonderful, Beloved City" --; 5. Shanghai: Fogs and Chimeras --; 6 The Long Farewell --; 7. Cidade maravilhosa --; 8. Resurrection of the Poet --; 9. From Mount Nebo --; 10. The Left-hander --; 11. New Roads and Great Loss --; 12. Growing Recognition --; 13. Last Love, Last Books, Last Years --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442619036; 9783110606812
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442619036
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Olga Bakich.

Olga Bakich's biography of Valerii Pereleshin (1913-1992) follows the turbulent life and exquisite poetry of one of the most remarkable Russian émigrés of the twentieth century. Born in Irkutsk, Pereleshin lived for thirty years in China and for almost forty years in Brazil. Multilingual, he wrote poetry in Russian and in Portuguese and translated Chinese and Brazilian poetry into Russian and Russian and Chinese poetry into Portuguese. For many years he struggled to accept and express his own identity as a gay man within a frequently homophobic émigré community. His poems addressed his three homelands, his religious struggles, and his loves. In Valerii Pereleshin: The Life of a Silkworm, Bakich delves deep into Pereleshin's poems and letters to tell the rich life story of this underappreciated writer.