Untimely Thoughts - Essays on Revolution, Culture, and the Bolsheviks, 1917-1918 (Paperback, New edition)

One of the most renowned Soviet writers of the twentieth century, Maxim Gorky was an early supporter of the Bolsheviks. He became disillusioned with the turn of events after the 1917 revolution, however, and wrote a series of critical articles for the magazine New Life that eventually caused the new Communist government to close down the publication. Untimely Thoughts is a collection of these articles. It is at once a brilliant analysis of the Russian national character, a condemnation of the Bolshevik methods of government, and a vision of a future in which respect for individual accomplishment replaces the tyranny of the tsars and the brutality of Russian peasant existence. A controversial book, it was not translated into English until 1968 and was not published in the Soviet Union until 1989. The English edition of Untimely Thoughts is now back in print with a new introduction and chronology by Mark D. Steinberg.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Russian Literature and Thought Series
Release date:	March 1995
First published:	March 1995
Translators:	Herman Ermolaev
Authors:	Maxim Gorky
Dimensions:	235 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	342
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-06069-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups
LSN:	0-300-06069-6
Barcode:	9780300060690

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