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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- “bumps and scratches to cover, sun damage and dirty marks to edges of pages”
- ISBN
- 9781843431008
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Engineers of the Soul: in the Footsteps of Stalin's Writers
- Item Height
- 216 mm
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Topic
- History, Travel Writing
- Item Weight
- 357 g
- Item Width
- 134 mm
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Engineers of the Soul is the riveting story of two journeys - one literal, one imaginary - through contemporary Russia and through Soviet-era literature.Travelling through present and past, Frank Westerman draws the reader into the wild euphoria of the Russian Revolution, as art and reality are bent to radically new purposes. Writers of renown, described by Stalin as 'engineers of the soul', were encouraged to sing the praises of canal and dam construction under titles such as Energy, The Hydraulic Power Station and Onward, Time!But their enthusiasm - spontaneous and idealistic at first - soon becomes an obligatory song of praise. And as these colossal waterworks lead to slavery and destruction, Soviet writers labour on in the service of a deluded totalitarian society.Combining investigative journalism with literary history, Westerman examines both the landscape of 'Oriental despotism' and the books - and lives - of writers caught in the wheels of the system. 'It is easy to die a hero's death,' wrote Konstantin Paustovsky, 'but it is difficult to live a hero's life.'Engineers of the Soul sweeps the reader along to the dramatic denouement- the final confrontation between writers and engineers that signalled the end of the Soviet empire.
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Publisher
Vintage Publishing
ISBN-13
9781843431008
eBay Product ID (ePID)
87265650
Product Key Features
Book Title
Engineers of the Soul: in the Footsteps of Stalin's Writers
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
History, Travel Writing
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
216 mm
Item Weight
357 g
Item Width
134 mm
Additional Product Features
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United Kingdom
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