Курсив мой

My Cursive is the most famous book by Nina Berberova (1901–1993), which immediately became a world bestseller. Bright, independent, provocative, deeply personal - this autobiography caused a storm of criticism from its "heroes" and remained a unique evidence of the life of the first Russian emigration. Portraits of V. Khodasevich, I. Bunin, M. Gorky, A. Bely, M. Tsvetaeva, Z. Gippius, G. Ivanov, V. Nabokov were painted by an absolutely free person - without looking back, without fear, sometimes bitingly and ironically, sometimes reverently and tenderly…
“I am writing a saga about my life, about myself, in which I am free to do what I want, discover secrets and keep them for myself, talk about myself, talk about others, not talk about anything, stop at any point, close this notebook... Everything that is written here is written according to two laws that I recognized and follow: the first is to open yourself to the end, and the second is to hide your life for yourself alone.