Andrei Bitov : The Ecology of Inspiration (Paperback)

Acknowledgments; 1. Andrei Bitov's ecological prose; 2. The Big Balloon: terrestrial and celestial spheres; 3. Such a long Childhood: growing pains; 4. Dacha District: automatic pilot living and creative living; 5. Apothecary Island: 'I-lands' of existence; 6. Image of Life: life and images of life; 7. Seven Journeys: journeys to the other and journey to the self; 8. The Days of Man: roles and themes; 9. Metropol: Bitov's stories about Life and Death; 10. Sunday: more 'I-lands' and journeys; 11. Pushkin House: the riddles of life and literature; 12. Bitov's post-Pushkin House prose, or life in the images of life; Notes; Bibliography; Index.