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The Stalin Epigram: A Novel - Hardcover By Littell, Robert - GOOD
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Unbranded
- Type
- Novel
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9781416598640
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1416598642
ISBN-13
9781416598640
eBay Product ID (ePID)
69630759
Product Key Features
Book Title
Stalin Epigram : a Novel
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
General, Literary, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
21.9 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-052277
Reviews
"The Stalin Epigramis a wonderful and compelling read about power, poetry, love, literature, terror and Russia but it is also a fascinating, psychologically sensitive telling of the real-life tragedy of the brilliant poet Mandelstam, his fatally insulting poem about Stalin -- and the dictator's vengeance." -- Simon Montefiore, author ofYoung StalinandSashenka, "Robert Littell has written what may be his finest novel'a timeless story of courage and truth'a brilliant work, always readable, sometimes funny and often ?heartbreaking?The Stalin Epigramshould not be missed." —Patrick Anderson,The Washington Post, "This novel stands head and shoulders above most others of its kind, a book that begins as a thriller and ends as a testimony to the courage and naked vision of its odd and eccentric real life hero." —Alan Cheuse, NPR's "All Things Considered", "When Josef Stalin declared war on poets, Osip Mandelstam, Russia's greatest poet, declared war on dictators. Robert Littell bears witness to that unequal struggle.The Stalin Epigramis profoundly informed, incredibly suspenseful and heartbreaking." -- Martin Cruz Smith, author ofStalin's GhostandWolves Eat Dogs
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
Based on a riveting historical episode,The Stalin Epigramis a fictional rendering of the life of Osip Mandelstam, perhaps the greatest Russian poet of the twentieth century -- and one of the few artists in Soviet Russia who daringly refused to pay creative homage to Joseph Stalin. The poet's defiance of the Kremlin dictator and the Bolshevik regime -- particularly his outspoken criticism of Stalin's collectivization rampage that drove millions of Russian peasants to starvation -- reached its climax in 1934 when Mandelstam, putting his life on the line, composed a searing indictment of Stalin in a sixteen-line epigram and secretly recited it to a handful of friends and fellow artists.Would Stalin and his merciless state security apparatus get wind of this brazenly insulting poem? Would the poet's body and spirit be crushed under the weight of the state if they did?Narrated in turn by Mandelstam himself, his devoted wife, his great friends the poets Boris Pasternak and Anna Akhmatova, along with vivid fictional characters,The Stalin Epigramis the page-turning tale of courage and the human spirit told in deftly poetic prose by a perceptive, talented writer. With the benefit of extraordinary research and an almost mystical empathy, bestselling author Robert Littell has drawn a fictional portrait of the beleaguered poet struggling to survive the running riot of Stalinist Russia in the 1930s. This memorable novel culminates in a wholly unexpected encounter that illuminates the agonizing choices Russian intellectuals faced during the Stalinist terror and explains what drew Robert Littell to the poignant subject in the first place., The legendary spy novelist and bestselling author presents a luminous historical novel that chronicles the famous Russian poet Osip Mandelstam's defiance of Stalin's regime, his subsequent exile, and tragic death.
LC Classification Number
PS3562.I7827S73 2009
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