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by N Bukharin (Author) "Kolya Petrov was born at the end of the eighties of the last century in Moscow, on Bolshaya Ordynka-that is, in the Zamoskvorechye district, in..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press (4 Mar 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0231107315
  • ISBN-13: 978-0231107310
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.4 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 181,717 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"No one reading this book in context can fail to be moved by its author's valiant struggle to behold his life one last time." -- Los Angeles Times "A moving personal statement about art and political responsibility, and an epic retelling of the era preceding the Revolution of 1917." -- Globe and Mail, Toronto "Vivid testimony to [Bukharin's] artistic talent...Intensely emotional, essentially optimistic and filled with a serene inner light." -- Washington Post Book World

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The autobiographical novel and final work of one of the Communist Party's youngest, most popular, and most intellectual members is both an astonishing personal testament and a panoramic view of Russia on the eve of a revolution that transformed the twentieth century.

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Kolya Petrov was born at the end of the eighties of the last century in Moscow, on Bolshaya Ordynka-that is, in the Zamoskvorechye district, in a building belonging to the Aleksandro-Mariinsky Zamoskvorechye Merchants Association. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant, beautiful work, 27 May 1999
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Bukharin's autobiographical work is a lyrical, moving, story of the life of a young boy in pre-Soviet russia. Unlike Leon Trotsky's autobiography, which is a similar work in content, this is a novel. And a grand one. When you read the touching descriptions of Kolya's then idyllic, then tragic domestic life, you feel helpless, sad, for you know that this boy will eventually be dead, the New World he helped to create corrupted and turned against him. The very existence of this novel is a message of hope, that even under the most tragic and ironic circumstances there can something joyous (Bukharin wrote the novel while in Lubyanka prison). The poignancy of all this is further increased by the included letter by Bukharin, written to his wife Anna Larina and not given to her for 50+ years. This book also stands as a monument (in a medium I belief he would have perhaps preferred) to Nikolai Bukharin, a brilliant scholar, writer, and Revolutionary
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4.0 out of 5 stars A remarkable book, written under remarkable circumstances., 27 Aug 1998
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This is a remarkable book. It combines three forms in a single work: 1) a detailed and evocative story of a boy growing up in late 19th century Russia, 2) an informative and moving autobiography of one of the most important Bolshevik leaders, and 3) commentary on the social and economic developments leading up to the 1905 and 1917 revolutions, including (in the tradition of Russian novels) imagined descriptions of important meetings of leaders of state. Most remarkable, though, is that the entire book was written in the nights of Bukharin's confinement in Moscow's Lubyanka Prison while he awaited almost certain execution following his notorious "show trial". The idea of a man who knows he could be shot at any moment writing such detailed, even leisurely descriptions of his childhood in Moscow and Bessarabia is almost beyond comprehension. Indeed, the novel breaks off in mid-sentence. This book should not be missed by anyone interested in 19th and 20th century Russian history, and will be enjoyed by anyone interested in a good coming-of-age novel as well.
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