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Molotov's Magic Lantern (häftad, eng)
When Rachel Polonsky went to live in Moscow, she found an apartment block in Romanov Street, once a residence of the Soviet elite. One of...
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When Rachel Polonsky went to live in Moscow, she found an apartment block in Romanov Street, once a residence of the Soviet elite. One of those ghostly neighbours was Stalin''s henchman Vyacheslav Molotov. In his former apartment, Rachel Polonsky discovered his library and an old magic lantern.
Molotov - ruthless apparatchik, participant in the collectivizations and the Great Purge - was also an ardent bibliophile.
Molotov''s library and his magic lantern became the prisms through which Rachel Polonsky renewed her vision of Russia. She visited cities and landscapes associated with the books in the library - Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Akhmatova and many less well-known figuresSome were sent to the Gulag by the man who collected their books.
Format | Häftad |
Omfång | 416 sidor |
Språk | Engelska |
Förlag | Faber & Faber |
Utgivningsdatum | 2011-03-03 |
ISBN | 9780571237814 |
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Böcker
- Häftad, 416, Engelska, Faber & Faber, 2011-03-03, 9780571237814
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Specifikation
Böcker
- Format Häftad
- Antal sidor 416
- Språk Engelska
- Förlag Faber & Faber
- Utgivningsdatum 2011-03-03
- ISBN 9780571237814