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by Maxim Gorky (Author), Margaret Wettlin (Translator) "EVERY day the factory whistle bellowed forth its shrill, roaring, trembling noises into the smoke-begrimed and greasy atmosphere of the workingmen's suburb; and obedient to..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 424 pages
  • Publisher: University Press of the Pacific; 4th edition (20 Dec 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0898751160
  • ISBN-13: 978-0898751161
  • Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 13 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,232,341 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This book gives a broad and generalized picture of life in Russia on the eve of the Revolution of 1905. The narrative is based on events which took place in the town of Sormovo.

Pyotr Andreyevich Zalomov, a Sormovo worker, and his mother Anna Kirillovna served as prototypes for the main characters in Gorky's novel, embodied in Pavel Vlassov, a revolutionary, and his mother Nilovna, a workman's wife.

The life and activities of the Zalomova presented Gorky with material from which he created typical characters and situations. Through the fascinating people in this book he expressed his concept - a concept born of much hard experience - of the beauty and greatness of those who are selflessly devoted to the most advanced ideas of their day and to the cause of the people.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Nothing like a good old Socialist Realism Book, 17 Jan 2003
This book tells the story of a woman living in the tsarist Russia of the early XX century that is drawn into social activism by her son.
Gorky is a very good storyteller, and the whole plot really moves you.
It might became a bit dull if one is not really into Socialism or Communism, since popular heroes is what this is all about.
Even so, I think everyone should give it a try.
This is the book that inspired Bertolt Brecht to writing his acclaimed play «Mother Courage and her Children».
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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, though lacking two dimensional characters, 17 Oct 2009
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This has the distinction of being the only major Russian literary work written in the USA, being written when the author was in exile there in 1906. It is a tale of the purity of the revolutionary soul opposed to the infinitely corrupt and historically wrong soul of the capitalist oppressor. As such, it is populated by characters who are really ciphers who don't come across as real, living, breathing people, except (up to a point) the eponymous mother. The benefit of the hindsight of the Soviet experience also sharply reduces the impact of this novel. That said, it flows mostly very smoothly and is a easy read for a Russian novel.
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