Engineers Of The Soul
Engineers Of The Soul
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Engineers of the Soul is the riveting story of two journeys - one literal, one imaginary - through contemporary Russia and through Soviet-era literature. Travelling through present and past, Frank Westerman draws the reader into the wild euphoria of the Russian Revolution, as art and reality are bent to radically new purposes.
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Engineers Of The Soul by Frank Westerman
Engineers of the Soul is the riveting story of two journeys - one literal, one imaginary - through contemporary Russia and through Soviet-era literature. Travelling through present and past, Frank Westerman draws the reader into the wild euphoria of the Russian Revolution, as art and reality are bent to radically new purposes.
Westerman is a very fine writer and his stories, characters and digressions are as delicately wrought as a watch mechanismHe reminds me of Bruce Chatwin and the Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski. Like them, he has elevated the authorial journalist-traveller into a brilliant, magic storyteller; like them he seeks out the smaller, human-sized epics that play out their tragedies against the backdrop of history. * Sunday Times *
Engagingly written and extensively researched, the book covers compelling historical and literary ground. * Financial Times *
Endlessly fascinating, breathtaking. Engineers of the Soul is surprising and original, not to mention meticulously researched and well-written * de Volkskrant *
A beautifully written, well-documented, extraordinarily fascinating book, full of wonderful anecdotes * Vrij Nederland *
Engagingly written and extensively researched, the book covers compelling historical and literary ground. * Financial Times *
Endlessly fascinating, breathtaking. Engineers of the Soul is surprising and original, not to mention meticulously researched and well-written * de Volkskrant *
A beautifully written, well-documented, extraordinarily fascinating book, full of wonderful anecdotes * Vrij Nederland *
Engineers of the Soul is a brilliant fusion of travel writing and Soviet history by one of Europe's most gifted young writers. Frank Westerman was born in 1964 and lived and worked in Moscow from 1997 to 2002 as correspondent for the leading Dutch NRC Handelsblad newspaper. Westerman is the author of five books. His work has been published in more than ten languages and has won many prizes.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781843431008 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843431009 |
| Titre | Engineers Of The Soul |
| Auteur | Frank Westerman |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Vintage Publishing |
| Année de publication | 2010-05-06 |
| Nombre de pages | 320 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |