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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russiaby Orlando Figes
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A New York Times Notable Book of 2007 "A tremendous achievement."--The Sunday Times (London) The Whisperers is a triumphant act of recovery. In this powerful work of history, Orlando Figes chronicles the private history of family life during the violent and repressive reign of Josef Stalin. Drawing on a vast collection of interviews and archives, The Whisperers re-creates the anguish of family members turned against one another--of the paranoia, alienation, and treachery that poisoned private life in Russia for generations. A panoramic portrait of a society in which everyone spoke in whispers, The Whisperers is "rigorously compassionate. . . . A humbling monument to the evil and endurance of Russia's Soviet past and, implicitly, a guide to its present" (The Economist). Synopsis:The award-winning author of "A Peoples Tragedy" and "Natashas Dance" has written this landmark account of what private life was like for Russians in the worst years of Soviet repression.
Synopsis:A New York Times Notable Book of 2007 A tremendous achievement.--The Sunday Times (London) The arrests, trials, enslavement, and gulags of Stalin's dictatorship are well-known. But no previous book has looked at the regime's effect on private lives--the devastation of families and the spread of suspicion throughout every village, neighborhood, and home in Russia. Drawing on a huge collection of family archives and thousands of interviews, The Whisperers is an authoritative, intimate history of a society in which everyone spoke in whispers--either to protect those close to them, or to inform on them. Synopsis:A New York Times Notable Book of 2007 "A tremendous achievement."--The Sunday Times (London) The arrests, trials, enslavement, and gulags of Stalin's dictatorship are well-known. But no previous book has looked at the regime's effect on private lives--the devastation of families and the spread of suspicion throughout every village, neighborhood, and home in Russia. Drawing on a huge collection of family archives and thousands of interviews, The Whisperers is an authoritative, intimate history of a society in which everyone spoke in whispers--either to protect those close to them, or to inform on them. About the AuthorOrlando Figes is the author of Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia and A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891–1924, which received the Wolfson Prize, the NCR Book Award, the W. H. Smith Literary Award, the Longman/History Today Book Prize, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is a professor of history at Birkbeck College, University of London. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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