Sunday, December 04, 2011

Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva (1926-2011)


Not one of the shock workers or propaganda chicks of the ancien régime, but even sadder. The closer you get to the centre, the sadder it all becomes. The photo is a perfect illustration of Larkin's 'Something is pushing them / To the side of their own lives', but Larkin was talking about children pushing their parents, which seems somehow healthier. More information here

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