Petersburg
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
Andrei Bely's Petersburg is a colourful evocation of Russia's capital during the short, turbulent period of the first socialist revolution in 1905. Considered Bely's masterpiece, the story follows Nikolai Ableukhov's journey as he is caught up in the revolutionary politics of those seminal days; exploring themes of history, identity, and family, the novel sees the young Russian chased through the misty Petersburg streets, tasked with planting a bomb intended to kill a government official - his own father. History, culture and politics are blended and juxtaposed; weather reports, current news, fashions and psychology jostle together with people from Petersburg in this literary triumph.
Customer Reviews
The Russian Ulysses?
This is a magnificent book which has certain similarities with Joyce’s Ulysses in that the actual City of St Petersburg is one of the main characters of the novel. The portrayal of the city combines well with the growing tension and conflict building up within the 1905 Pre Revolutionary Russia as the main protagonists come to terms with revolutionary ideas and plans set within a conservative and established social order. A must read.