Natasha's Dance
A Cultural History of Russia
$26.75
- Paperback
768 pages
- Release Date
4 September 2003
Summary
A PEOPLE’S TRAGEDY won pretty much every prize for which it was eligible. This tremendously attractive, ambitious, dizzying book is in every way a worthy successor to Figes’ bestselling A PEOPLE’S TRAGEDY. The whole panorama of Russia’s mighty culture is conjured up in a way that is fresh, intimate and immediate. Whether talking about music or novels, buildings or paintings, Figes’ enthusiasm and literary brilliance sweeps the reader along through a series of great set-piece chapters.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140297966 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140297960 |
| Author: | Orlando Figes |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 768 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 4 September 2003 |
| Weight: | 545g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 33mm |
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Critics Review
“Scintillating…an exceptional history of Russian culture and a joy to read.” –“San Francisco Chronicle” “Stunning and ambitious…Figes captures nothing less than Russians’ complex and protean notions regarding their national identity.” –“The Atlantic Monthly” “Staggering…A vivid, entertaining, and enlightening account of what it has meant to be culturally a Russian over the last three centuries.” –“Los Angeles Times” ”[A] masterly work.” –“New York Review of Books” “A big, bold, interpretative cultural history.” –“Foreign Affairs”
About The Author
Orlando Figes
Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. His last book, A PEOPLE’S TRAGEDY, won the NCR Book Award, the Wolfson History Prize, the Longman/History Today Book of the Year Award and the WH Smith Literary Award. He lives in Cambridge.
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