Item details: Mud and stars : travels in Russia with Pushkin, Tolstoy, and other geniuses of the Golden Age - 48264569

Mud and stars : travels in Russia with Pushkin, Tolstoy, and other geniuses of the Golden Age

text Mud and stars : travels in Russia with Pushkin, Tolstoy, and other geniuses of the Golden Age

Summary: A witty and insightful tour of contemporary Russia, using its Golden Age writers, from Pushkin to Tolstoy, as guides: part history, part sociopolitical commentary, Mud and Stars reveals the heart of a country that never fails to surprise us.

Contents: The people stay silent -- A heart's journey -- The heart within the tomb -- I am yours in heart -- We all come out from under Gogol's overcoat -- We shall rest -- The Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk -- The poetry of procrastination -- Deep-sea fish -- Envoi.

Format: text

Description: xv, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Publisher: Pantheon Books 2019

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Woodmere (Main Branch)	891.709 WHE in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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TADL-WOOD	891.709 WHE in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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Literary landmarks Russia (Federation) Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich 1799-1837 Homes and haunts Gogolʹ, Nikola Vasilʹevich 1809-1852 Homes and haunts graf Tolstoy, Leo 1828-1910 Homes and haunts Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich 1818-1883 Homes and haunts Authors, Russian 19th century Biography Russian literature 19th century History and criticism Russia (Federation) Description and travel

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