Roland's Horn. Poems 1917-1925 by Marina Tsvetaeva, translated by Christopher Whyte #Lovepoetry steeped in realism

steeped in realism

Death must continue to hold humans' fates in her hands

First published in 1934

and of her own strategies for living as one of them

The poems and prints create a series of vignettes

Roland's Horn. Poems 1917-1925 by Marina Tsvetaeva, translated by Christopher Whyte #Lovepoetry steeped in realismThe years between the twin revolutions of 1917 and Tsvetaeva's departure at the end of April 1922, together with her daughter Alya, for Berlin and then Prague were the most productive of her entire career. In addition to a host of shorter, lyrical items, she wrote the long poems On a Red Steed and Tsar Maiden, the latter a reworking and reimagining of folklore material in characteristically disconcerting and idiosyncratic style. Thanks to a chance