The Running of Time

This collection includes the best examples of Akhmatova's work — from early acmeist poems from the collections "Evening," "Rosary," and "The White Flock" to later poems, as well as the famous "Poem Without a Hero." Love and loneliness, the tragedy of an artist who shared the terrible fate of their country, and philosophical reflections, rethinking historical events and a unique dialogue with the past — these are the main themes of these poems, marked by beauty and noble elegance.