– *The Story of a Life* is not a dry memoir but a major literary work in which a real-life biography transforms into a genuine novel. – Through the author’s recollections, the reader journeys from his pre-revolutionary childhood and school years to his early literary successes. The protagonist describes wars, relocations between cities, newspaper work, and encounters with the people who shaped his character and his writing. – The personal and the historical constantly intertwine: the author shows how an individual lives amidst major events—wars, revolutions, and national upheavals—and how these events shape his private life. – This two-volume set offers the opportunity to read the entire cycle.