كتاب
Molotov's magic lantern: travels in Russian history
| العنوان: | Molotov's magic lantern: travels in Russian history |
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| المؤلفون: | Polonsky, Rachel. |
| بيانات النشر: | New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. 1st American ed. |
| سنة النشر: | 2011 |
| وصف مادي: | ix, 390 p. : maps ; 24 cm. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Authors, Russian -- 20th century -- Homes and haunts., Authors, Russian -- 20th century -- Political and social views., Communism and literature -- Soviet Union -- History. |
| Subject Person: | Polonsky, Rachel -- Travel -- Russia (Federation), Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich, 1890-1986 -- Homes and haunts -- Russia (Federation) -- Moscow., Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich, 1890-1986 -- Library. |
| جغرافية الموضوع: | Russia (Federation) -- Description and travel., Moscow (Russia) -- Description and travel., Moscow (Russia) -- History., Soviet Union -- Intellectual life. |
| الوصف: | When the author, a British journalist, moves to Moscow, she discovers an apartment on Romanov Street that was once home to the Soviet elite. One of the most infamous neighbors was Stalin's henchman Vyacheslav Molotov, who was a participant in the collectivizations and the Great Purge, and also an ardent bibliophile. In what was formerly his apartment, she uncovers an extensive library and an old magic lantern, two things that lead her on an extraordinary journey throughout Russia. In this book, she visits the haunted cities and vivid landscapes of the books from Molotov's library: works by Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Akhmatova, and others, some of whom were sent to the Gulag by the very man who collected their books. With exceptional insight, she writes about the longings and aspirations of these Russian writers and others in the course of her travels from the Arctic to Siberia and from the forests around Moscow to the vast steppes. This work evokes the spirit of the great artists and the haunted past of a country ravaged by war, famine, and totalitarianism. |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | Prologue -- Romanov -- Apartment 61 -- The banya -- Lutsino -- Mozzhinka -- Novgorod -- Staraya Russa -- Rostov-on-Don -- Taganrog -- Vologda -- Archangel -- Murmansk and Barentsburg -- Arshan and Irkutsk -- Ulan Ude and Kyakhta -- Epilogue. |
| Original Identifier: | ocn642351504 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-0-374-21197-4 0-374-21197-3 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | "Originally published in 2010 by Faber and Faber Ltd., Great Britain as Molotov's magic lantern : a journey in Russian history"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.012683789.9 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
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