Of all the authors I "met" in my youth, he is the one who touched me in the most overwhelming way.
"As in an explosion, I would erupt with all the wonderful things I saw and understood in this world." Boris Pasternak
I even began to study Russian in order to read him in the original language, but I never arrived at that level.
Boris' work which impressed me more than any other was a small book containing a collection of letters he had written to his Mother, the acclaimed pianist Rosa Kaufman. The most beautiful language one can imagine!
Thank you dear Inda for this beautiful post, honoring this truly outstanding Author. He was given the Nobel prize with this motivation:
""for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russian epic tradition"
Boris was the one who made me fall in love with the WORD.
This snow landscape reminds me of the movie Doctor Shivago when Yuri and Lara go to live in the country ...
Thank you Boris!
Love,
Margherita
