Publisher's Synopsis
The First Complete English-Russian Bilingual Edition of the series of early Books by William Blake (1757-1827) The 2nd volume of Complete Blake Works includes "An Island in the Moon," three early Prophetic Books "Tiriel," "The Book of Thel," "The French Revolution," and also three essays on religions in both English and Russian languages. D. Smirnov-Sadovsky is a pseudonym of a composer Dmitri N. Smirnov. He was born in 1948 in Minsk, graduated from Moscow Conservatory. About 40 of Smirnov's music works reflect his fascination with the poetry and art of William Blake. That includes operas "Tiriel" and "Thel," First Symphony ("The Seasons"), oratorio "A Song of Liberty," etc. Since 1991 Smirnov have been resident of England. He began to translate English poetry into Russian in 1968. Living 25 years in England he has completed the translation of practically all literary works of William Blake and also wrote his full-length biography (available at Amazon).
