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Petersburg
Andrei Bely
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Description for Petersburg
Paperback. WINNER OF THE 2012 ROSSICA PRIZE Bely's masterpiece novel is a tour de force of modernist style, which tells a gripping story of political terrorism, conspiracy, family dysfunction and murder. John Elsworth's Translator(s): Elsworth, John. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 476.
After enlisting in a revolutionary terrorist organization, the university student Nikolai Apollonovich Ableukhov is entrusted with a highly dangerous mission: to plant a bomb and assassinate a major government figure. But the real central character of the novel is the city of Petersburg at the beginning of the twentieth century, caught in the grip of political agitation and social unrest. Intertwining the worlds of history and myth, and parading a cast of unforgettable characters, Petersburg is a story of apocalypse and redemption played out through family dysfunction, conspiracy and murder.
After enlisting in a revolutionary terrorist organization, the university student Nikolai Apollonovich Ableukhov is entrusted with a highly dangerous mission: to plant a bomb and assassinate a major government figure. But the real central character of the novel is the city of Petersburg at the beginning of the twentieth century, caught in the grip of political agitation and social unrest. Intertwining the worlds of history and myth, and parading a cast of unforgettable characters, Petersburg is a story of apocalypse and redemption played out through family dysfunction, conspiracy and murder.
Product Details
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906548438
SKU
V9781906548438
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About Andrei Bely
Andrei Bely (whose real name was Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev), was born in 1880 into a family of illustrious intellectuals. Bely's writing heavily influenced the Russian Symbolist movement and the subsequent Modernist school - his significance in world literature is often compared to that of James Joyce. He died in Moscow in January 1934.
Reviews for Petersburg
The most important, most influential, and most perfectly realized Russian novel written in the 20th century The New York Times Book Review This modernist novel, rightly regarded as one of the pinnacles of twentieth-century Russian literature, presents great challenges to the translator. With unswerving loyalty to the original, Elsworth has succeeded in capturing its idiosyncratic rhythms and elusive layers of ... Read more