[First lifetime edition.] Rozanov V. Fallen leaves.

[First lifetime edition.] Rozanov V. Fallen leaves.
St. Petersburg. Printing house of A. S. Suvorin - "New Time", 1913. - 526 p., 6 l. fig. outside of pagination. Hardcover, reduced format (13.5 x 18.5 cm). The binding is worn; the block is slanted and loosened, splits are planned; temporary and household stains on the pages, on several traces of moisture on the right edge of the block; the owner's signature on a free leaf of the flyleaf; stamps.

[The book of lyric and philosophical miniatures by V. V. Rozanov (1856-1919)" Fallen Leaves " (1913) is a unique human document and a kind of literary monument of the turning point of the development of Russian society at the beginning of the twentieth century. Composed of thoughts and memories captured on the fly: about the eternal and the transitory, the earthly and the heavenly, being and non-being, the finiteness of human life, good and evil, love and friendship, about himself and his contemporaries — it revealed the author's troubled soul with an unprecedented frankness at that time. Written in a heartfelt, bright way, with a unique stylistic brilliance, "Fallen Leaves" is still one of the most widely read works of Rozanov. For the first time, the publication is provided with a detailed conceptual-semantic and real commentary that helps the reader to more fully understand the content of the entries.]