Андрей Белый. Пепел
Первое издание
Санкт-Петербург: Шиповник, 1909 г.
244 стр., 25х19 см.
Во владельческом переплете эпохи.
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Andrei Bely. Pepel
First edition
Saint Petersburg: Rosehip, 1909
244 pp., 25x19 cm.
In the owner's binding.
This 1909 first edition captures Andrei Bely's second poetry collection, a profound meditation on mortality and spiritual transformation. Dedicated to the legacy of Nikolai Nekrasov, the volume employs Nekrasov's verse as its philosophical anchor. Bely's conception of "Ashes" transcends conventional elegy—he positions death not as finality but as a threshold, a veil separating distant horizons from those immediately present. Published during the height of Russian Symbolism, this work exemplifies Bely's distinctive fusion of lyrical intensity and metaphysical inquiry, establishing him as a pivotal figure in early modernist Russian letters.