Frank westerman sam garrett (6 risultati)

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Condizione: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

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Condizione: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardback. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st UK Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. An excellent copy. DJ has small abrasion where sticker removed & is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 231 pages. This book is a breathtaking journey along the fault-line between religion and science. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. 320 pages. Cover worn, Text tanned A brilliant fusion of travel writing and Soviet history which reads like Bruc e Chatwin. Engineers of the Soul is the riveting story of two journeys -- one li teral, one imaginary -- through contemporary Russia and through Soviet-era liter ature.Travelling through present and past, Frank Westerman draws the read er into the wild euphoria of the Russian Revolution, as art and reality are bent to radically new purposes. Writers of renown, described by Stalin as 'engineers of the soul', were encouraged to sing the praises of canal and dam construction under titles such as Energy, The Hydraulic Power Station and Onward, Time! But their enthusiasm -- spontaneous and idealistic at first -- soon becomes an oblig atory song of praise. And as these colossal waterworks lead to slavery and destr uction, Soviet writers labour on in the service of a deluded totalitarian societ y.Combining investigative journalism with literary history, Westerman exa mines both the landscape of 'Oriental despotism' and the books -- and lives -- o f writers caught in the wheels of the system. 'It is easy to die a hero's death, ' wrote Konstantin Paustovsky, 'but it is difficult to live a hero's life.' Engi neers of the Soul sweeps the reader along to the dramatic dénouement: the final confrontation between writers and engineers that signalled the end of the Sovie t empire.…