Ian Thomson

Celebrating Konstantin Paustovsky — hailed as ‘the Russian Proust’

Douglas Smith’s excellent translation of The Story of My Life will win many new readers to Paustovsky’s wide-ranging masterpiece

Hailed as the ‘Russian Proust’, Konstantin Paustovsky belonged to that select band of writers who inspire true fandom. [Alamy]
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  • The Story of a Life

    Konstantin Paustovsky, translated by Douglas Smith

    Vintage Classics, pp. 779, £25

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