A review by jonfaith
Letters: Summer 1926 by Marina Tsvetayeva, Boris Pasternak, Rainer Maria Rilke

4.0

Letters is a lovely if petulant collection of correspondence amongst Rilke, Tsvetayaeva and Pasternek who found themselves scattered across Allah's creation but were all of the same lyrical tribe. Marina T (living in Paris) announced herself as German and beyond social trappings, she wanted to live in Rilke's poetry, apparently there's a favorable tax code for its inhabitants and administrative fees are usually waived. Rilke was on his last lap, privately dying while tossing off amazing letters. Poor Boris P was the cover boy for all the Russian fanzines. He couldn't hold his kvass and impetuously said several things which would haunt him later. These three began a season long series of letters, praising one another, proclaiming why they needed one another, and often heated diatribes against why they couldn't live together. Then Boris and Marina reviewed each other's work and the wheels fell off. Rilke then died and the remaining two pondered the significance of their non-meeting for the rest of their lives, both which were often miserable.