Discover one of TwentiethCentury Russias most lauded lost classics now in a remarkable new translation.Outstanding... A sparkling supremely precious literary achievement TelegraphOne of the great Russian autobiographies as fresh now as the day it was written and the day it was lived Julian BarnesIn 1943 Konstantin Paustovsky the Soviet Unions most revered author started out on his masterwork The Story of a Life a grand novelistic memoir of a life lived on the fastunfurling frontiers of Russian history. Eventually published over six volumes it would cement Paustovskys reputation as the voice of Russia around the world and see him nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.Taking its reader from Paustovskys Ukrainian youth struggling with a family on the verge of collapse and the first flourishes of creative ambition to his experiences working as a paramedic on Russias frontlines and then as a journalist covering the countrys violent spiral into revolution The Story of a Life offers a portrait of an artistic journey like no other.