Engineers of the soul : the grandiose propaganda of Stalin's Russia /
This text presents the 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 ne...
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Overlook Press,
2011.
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| Summary: | This text presents the 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. |
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| Item Description: | First published in the U.K. in 2010 by Harvill Secker"--Title page verso." |
| Physical Description: | 306 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781590200872 159020087X |