The Second Birth.
PASTERNAK, Boris.
The Second Birth.
First Edition of Boris Pasternak's The Second Birth
Moscow: Federation, 1932.
$400.00
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Item Number: 149480
First edition of this collection of poems by one of the greatest Russian poets and novelists of the twentieth century. Octodecimo, in the original Russian, original pictorial boards. In good condition with some rubbing.
Boris Pasternak (1890–1960) was a Russian poet, novelist, and translator, best known for his novel Doctor Zhivago, which earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958. The Second Birth (Второе рождение, 1932) marks a crucial turning point in the poet’s career, reflecting both an artistic and ideological transformation within the context of early Soviet literature. Departing from the dense, symbolic style of his earlier work, Pasternak adopts a more restrained and introspective voice that seeks reconciliation between individual consciousness and the collective spirit of his time. The collection engages with themes of renewal, creative responsibility, and moral integrity, suggesting a kind of spiritual rebirth amid the ideological pressures of the 1930s.
