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Radek (Paperback)
Stefan Heym
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R585
Discovery Miles 5 850
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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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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Radek (Hardcover)
Stefan Heym
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R1,662
Discovery Miles 16 620
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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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.
Two Books In One Volume. Additional Authors Are K. S. Gill And D.
D. Kosambi. Additional Contributors Are Leo Huberman And Paul W.
Sweezy.
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The Architects (Paperback)
Peter Hutchinson, Stefan Heym
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R351
R289
Discovery Miles 2 890
Save R62 (18%)
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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According to the myth of the Wandering Jew, Ahasverus denied Christ
a resting place while Christ was traveling to Golgotha. In turn,
Ahasverus was cursed to roam the earth until the Second Coming.
Stefan Heym's novel re-creates and expands this myth to propose
that the right synthesis of love and rebellion can bring humankind
to the Kingdom of Heaven.
Heym introduces both Ahasverus and Lucifer as angels cast out of
heaven for their opinions on God's order. Their respective
oppositions continue throughout the rest of time: Ahasverus remains
defiant through protest rooted in love and a faith in progress,
while Lucifer is rebellious by means of his old, familiar methods.
In a funny eternity of run-ins, debates, and meddling with
characters such as Christ, a disciple of Luther, and a Marxist
professor in East Germany, Ahasverus and Lucifer struggle on,
awaiting the Second Coming.
In this retelling of one of the great biblical stories, King
Solomon commissions Ethan the Scribe to write the official history
of King David. In return for the finest cooking in the land and the
wages of a minor prophet, Ethan must write a proper record, full of
glory and battles, statecraft and honor -- a tribute to David and
to Solomon, his heir. But as Ethan explores further, he finds
another life hidden behind the iron curtain dividing past from
present: the story of a David who seduced, lied, bragged, and
plundered his way to power. Which life should he write in the The
King David Report? Written by one of Germany's most acclaimed
dissident authors, The King David Report is both a masterly
analysis of the writer's obligations to truth, and an astute satire
on the workings of history and politics in a totalitarian state.
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