Moscow, 1934. As thousands of peasant famers starve under Stalin's regime of collectivisation, Osip Mandelstam, perhaps the greatest Russian poet of the twentieth century, defies the Kremlin with a few short, audacious lines of verse - a searing indictment of Stalin secretly recited to a handful of friends and fellow artists. When a transcript of the work falls into the hands of the secret police, the poet is taken from his home to Lubyanka prison under accusations of counter-revolutionary activities that carry the highest penalty, and his fate - as well as the fates of those close to him - is cast into bleak uncertainty.
| ISBN: | 9780715640739 |
| Publication date: | 10th June 2011 |
| Author: | Robert Littell |
| Publisher: | Duckworth Overlook |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 290 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
Moscow, 1934. As thousands of peasant famers starve under Stalin's regime of collectivisation, Osip Mandelstam, perhaps the greatest Russian poet of the twentieth century, defies the Kremlin with a few short, audacious lines of verse - a searing indictment of Stalin secretly recited to a handful of friends and fellow artists. When a transcript of the work falls into the hands of the secret police, the poet is taken from his home to Lubyanka prison under accusations of counter-revolutionary activities that carry the highest penalty, and his fate - as well as the fates of those close to him - is cast into bleak uncertainty.
The Stalin Epigram features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
The Stalin Epigram is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Stalin Epigram was written by Robert Littell and published by Duckworth Overlook
The Stalin Epigram has 290 pages