October: The Story of the Russian Revolution

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Release Year
2018
ISBN
9781784782788
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Verso Books
ISBN-10
1784782785
ISBN-13
9781784782788
eBay Product ID (ePID)
238019778

Product Key Features

Book Title
October : the Story of the Russian Revolution
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
World / Russian & Former Soviet Union, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Revolutionary
Publication Year
2018
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, History
Author
China Miéville
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
10.8 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5.1 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Miville is an ideal guide through this complex historical moment, giving agency to obscure and better-known participants alike, and depicting the revolution as both a tragically lost opportunity and an ongoing source of inspiration." -- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) "When one of the most marvellously original writers in the world takes on one of the most explosive events in history, the result can only be incendiary." --Barbara Ehrenreich "An intriguing march to revolution, told here with clarity and insight." -- Kirkus "Readers will be satisfied that October gives them the literary equivalent of bearing witness to world history." -- Booklist "To give a new generation of readers a fresh account of the great revolution, incorporating all the post-1989 archival discoveries and scholarly research, is a singularly daunting task. To render it in vivid, oracular prose, moving across the pages with the gathering force of a hurricane, is something that only China Miville could achieve." --Mike Davis "It's as if John Reed, author of the classic piece of revolutionary journalism, Ten Days That Shook the World , woke from a decades-long sleep to tell the story of 1917 once again." -- Counterpunch "Best Summer Books of 2017" -- Publishers Weekly Further praise for China Miville: "China Miville is dazzling ... you can only marvel at the suppleness of his imagination, the inventiveness of his language." -- New York Times "Miville's wit dazzles, his humour is lively, and the pure vitality of his imagination is astonishing." --Ursula K. Le Guin "A writer ... from whom one should expect anything except the ordinary." -- Guardian
Dewey Decimal
947.0841
Synopsis
Award-winning author China Mi ville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside down On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, China Mi ville tells the extraordinary story of this pivotal moment in history. In February of 1917 Russia was a backwards, autocratic monarchy, mired in an unpopular war; by October, after not one but two revolutions, it had become the world's first workers' state, straining to be at the vanguard of global revolution. How did this unimaginable transformation take place? In a panoramic sweep, stretching from St Petersburg and Moscow to the remotest villages of a sprawling empire, Mi ville uncovers the catastrophes, intrigues and inspirations of 1917, in all their passion, drama and strangeness. Intervening in long-standing historical debates, but told with the reader new to the topic especially in mind, here is a breathtaking story of humanity at its greatest and most desperate; of a turning point for civilisation that still resonates loudly today., Multi-award-winning author China Miéville captures the drama of the Russian Revolution in this "engaging retelling of the events that rocked the foundations of the twentieth century" ( Village Voice ) In February of 1917 Russia was a backwards, autocratic monarchy, mired in an unpopular war; by October, after not one but two revolutions, it had become the world's first workers' state, straining to be at the vanguard of global revolution. How did this unimaginable transformation take place? In a panoramic sweep, stretching from St. Petersburg and Moscow to the remotest villages of a sprawling empire, Miéville uncovers the catastrophes, intrigues and inspirations of 1917, in all their passion, drama and strangeness. Intervening in long-standing historical debates, but told with the reader new to the topic especially in mind, here is a breathtaking story of humanity at its greatest and most desperate; of a turning point for civilization that still resonates loudly today.
LC Classification Number
DK265

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