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The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Yuri Slezkine
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:1128
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 156
Category/GenreMuseum, historic sites, gallery and art guides
ISBN/Barcode 9780691192727
ClassificationsDewey:947.08410922
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 416 b/w illus. 2 maps.

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 18 June 2019
Publication Country United States

Description

The epic story of an enormous Soviet apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction The House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment. Written in the tradition of Tolstoy's War and Peace, Grossman's Life and Fate, and Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, Yur

Author Biography

Yuri Slezkine is the Jane K. Sather Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include The Jewish Century (Princeton), which won the National Jewish Book Award.

Reviews

"Winner of the 2018 PROSE Award in World History, Association of American Publishers" "Honorable Mention for the 2019 Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies, Nanovic Institute, University of Notre Dame" "Winner of the 2018 George L. Mosse Prize, American Historical Association" "Winner of the 2018 Norris and Carol Hundley Award, Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association" "Shortlisted for the 2018 Pushkin House Russian Book Prize" "Selected as a New York Times Editors' Choice, Aug 24, 2017" "One of The Spectator 2017 Books of the Year" "One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2017" "One of The Times Literary Supplement's Books of the Year 2017" "One of The Guardian's Best Books of 2017" "One of Open Letters Monthly's "Our Year in Reading 2017" "One of the Economist.com "Wise Words 2017 Books of the Year" in History" "One of the Millions.com "A Year in Reading 2017: Stephen Dodson"" "One of World's 2017 Books of the Year in "History"" "One of London Review Bookshop's Best History Books, Christmas 2017" "Selected for Le Monde's "Monde des livres" 2017 (chosen by Nicolas Weill)" "One of The Australian's Books of the Year 2017 (chosen by Louis Nowra)" "One of the Times Colonist Favorite Books of 2017 (chosen by Adrian Dix)" "One of Mosaic's Best Books of 2018 (Ruth Wisse)"