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Item specifics
- Condition
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Special Attributes
- 1st Edition
- Subject
- History
- Country of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780826217875
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
ISBN-10
0826217877
ISBN-13
9780826217875
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63878631
Product Key Features
Book Title
Red Boyhood : Growing Up under Stalin
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
General, World, Jewish
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
18.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-050134
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Anatole Konstantin's informative and exciting memoir of his family's heart-rending struggle to survive the dismal years of Soviet communism is a fascinating page-turner that will appeal to a worldwide readership." -- Jules Koslow, "Konstantin's memoir is a gut-wrenching portrayal of his boyhood in Stalin's Soviet Union before and during World War II. It should be required reading for every high school student in the United States." Elizabeth Fuller, "Konstantin's memoir is a gut-wrenching portrayal of his boyhood in Stalin's Soviet Union before and during World War II. It should be required reading for every high school student in the United States." -- Elizabeth Fuller, "Anatole Konstantin's informative and exciting memoir of his family's heart-rending struggle to survive the dismal years of Soviet communism is a fascinating page-turner that will appeal to a worldwide readership." Jules Koslow, "Anatole Konstantin's informative and exciting memoir of his family's heart-rending struggle to survive the dismal years of Soviet communism is a fascinating page-turner that will appeal to a worldwide readership."-- Jules Koslow, "Konstantin's memoir is a gut-wrenching portrayal of his boyhood in Stalin's Soviet Union before and during World War II. It should be required reading for every high school student in the United States."-- Elizabeth Fuller
Grade From
Ninth Grade
Dewey Decimal
305.892/4047092 B
Synopsis
Many children growing up in the Soviet Union before World War II knew the meaning of deprivation and dread. But for the son of an "enemy of the people," those apprehensions were especially compounded. When the secret police came for his father in 1938, ten-year-old Anatole Konstantin saw his family plunged into a morass of fear. His memoir of growing up in Stalinist Russia re-creates in vivid detail the daily trials of people trapped in this regime before and during the repressive years of World War II--and the equally horrific struggles of refugees after that conflict. Evicted from their home, their property confiscated, and eventually forced to leave their town, Anatole's family experienced the fate of millions of Soviet citizens whose loved ones fell victim to Stalin's purges. His mother, Raya, resorted to digging peat, stacking bricks, and even bootlegging to support herself and her two children. How she managed to hold her family together in a rapidly deteriorating society--and how young Anatole survived the horrors of marginalization and war--form a story more compelling than any novel. Looking back on those years from adulthood, Konstantin reflects on both his formal education under harsh conditions and his growing awareness of the contradictions between propaganda and reality. He tells of life in the small Ukrainian town of Khmelnik just before World War II and of how some of its citizens collaborated with the German occupation, lending new insight into the fate of Ukrainian Jews and Nazi corruption of local officials. And in recounting his experiences as a refugee, he offers a new look at everyday life in early postwar Poland and Germany, as well as one of the few firsthand accounts of life in postwar Displaced Persons camps. A Red Boyhood takes readers inside Stalinist Russia to experience the grim realities of repression--both under a Soviet regime and German occupation. A moving story of desperate people in desperate times, it brings to life the harsh realities of the twentieth century for young and old readers alike., When the secret police came for his father in 1938, ten-year-old Konstantin saw his family plunged into a morass of fear. His memoir of growing up in Stalinist Russia re-creates the daily trials of people trapped in this regime before and during the repressive years of World War II--and the equally horrific struggles of refugees afterwards. Konstantin reflects on his formal education under harsh conditions and his growing awareness of the contradictions between propaganda and reality. He tells of life in a small Ukrainian town before the war and of how some citizens collaborated with the Nazi occupation. He also offers a look at everyday life in early postwar Poland and Germany, as well as one of the few firsthand accounts of life in postwar Displaced Persons camps., Many children growing up in the Soviet Union before World War II knew the meaning of deprivation and dread. Bur for the son of an "enemy of the people," those apprehensions were especially compounded. When the secret police came for his father in 1938, ten-year-old Anatole Konstantin saw his family plunged into a morass of fear. His memoir of growing up in Stalinist Russia re-creates in vivid detail the daily trials of people trapped in this regime before and during the repressive years of World War II--and the equally horrific struggles of refugees after that conflict. Evicted from their home, their property confiscated, and eventually forced to leave their town, Anatole's family experienced the fate of millions of Soviet citizens whose loved ones fell victim to Stalin's purges. His mother, Raya, resorted to digging peat, stacking bricks, and even bootlegging to support herself and her two children. How she managed to hold her family together in a rapidly deteriorating society--and how young Anatole survived the horrors of marginalization and war--form a story more compelling than any novel. Looking back on those years from adulthood, Konstantin reflects on both his formal education under harsh conditions and his growing awareness of the contradictions between propaganda and reality. He tells of life in the small Ukrainian town of Khmelnik just before World War II and of how some of its citizens collaborated with the German occupation, lending new insight into the fate of Ukrainian Jews and Nazi corruption of local officials. And in recounting his experiences as a refugee, he offers a new look at everyday life in early postwar Poland and Germany, as well as one of the few firsthandaccounts of life in postwar Displaced Persons camps. A Red Boyhood takes readers inside Stalinist Russia to experience the grim realities of repression--both under a Soviet regime and German occupation. A moving story of desperate people in desperate times, it brings to life the harsh realities of the twentieth century for young and old readers alike.
LC Classification Number
DS134.93.K66A3 2008
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