Journey From St. Petersburg

A Fascinatingly Many-Sided Personality . Vadim Bytensky Retains The Broadly Arching Interests Of The Traditional Russian Intellectual . A Man With A Broad And Devoted Knowledge Of World Literature Music Philosophy And Politics That Constantly Illuminate His Traveler'S Observations. Bytensky Emerges . As A Well-Rounded And Harmonious Personality Who Combines Sober Reasoning With A Romantic Enthusiasm A Sentimental Attachment To An Old Cultural Inheritance And An Open If Sometimes Skeptical And Critical Curiosity About Things New.