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Radek (Hardcover)
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Radek (Hardcover)
Series: MRP S22
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The first-ever English translation reveals the inner voice of a
brilliant Bolshevik journalist and politician Through this dramatic
history by Stefan Heym, we become intimate with the story of the
maverick and internationalist Karl Radek, known as the editor of
the newspaper of record throughout the Soviet era, Isvestia.
Beginning as Lenin's companion at the dawning of the October
Revolution, Radek later became Stalin’s favorite intellectual –
only to find himself entangled in the great purges of the late
1930s and scripting his own trial. In this, his last historical
novel, Heym reveals Radek as a brilliant Bolshevik journalist and
politician who found himself at every turn of the wheel of fate. A
central figure of the communist world, Radek was such a
controversial and perennially ambiguous personality that even his
historical biography seems a work of fiction. With his thick
glasses and most non-Aryan appearance, marked by what some might
have seen as distinctively Jewish argumentative skills and humor,
Radek’s enormous talent as a writer, political acumen, and
continuous curiosity carried him through event after event. In the
struggles of the revolutionary movement Radek changed sides several
times and came into conflict with Stalin, was exiled to Siberia,
capitulated and resumed his editorial duties at Isvestia – only
to get caught up in the purge trials and sentenced to prison, where
he died. As Heym sculpts credible conversations with Lenin,
Luxemburg, Liebknecht, Trotsky, Stalin, and many others (all seen
from Radek’s perspective) we come to know Radek as a man haunted
by the fear that the insurgency will cease to move forward, living
his life as a frenzied chase in pursuit of the continuation of the
revolution, until the very end. Originally published in Munich in
1995, this first-ever English translation of Radek fashions the
inner voice of a unique figure in the global revolutionary wave of
the first half of the twentieth century.
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Imprint: |
Monthly Review Press,U.S.
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
MRP S22 |
Release date: |
March 2022 |
Authors: |
Stefan Heym
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Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 44mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
576 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-58367-956-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
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LSN: |
1-58367-956-1 |
Barcode: |
9781583679562 |
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