Larisa Reisner
A Biography
$54.99
- Paperback
398 pages
- Release Date
25 March 2024
Summary
“She burst across the revolutionary sky like a blazing meteor, dazzling all in her path,” Trotsky wrote. For the poet Boris Pasternak, she was Lara, the heroine of his novel Doctor Zhivago.
Commissar, revolutionary fighter, espionage agent, journalist, Larisa Reisner (1895–1926) was a model for the ‘new woman’ of the Russian Revolution, and one of its most popular and brilliant writers, whose works were published in mass editions and read by millions. In this sweeping biography, Cathy…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781642599992 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1642599999 |
| Author: | Cathy Porter |
| Publisher: | Haymarket Books |
| Imprint: | Haymarket Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 398 |
| Release Date: | 25 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 582g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 228mm |
| Series: | Historical Materialism |
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Critics Review
“[Porter’s] book is a staggering feat of scholarship and deserves a place with the best revolutionary biographies.”
—Duncan Bowie, Chartist
Cathy Porter
Cathy Porter studied Russian and Czech literature at London’s School of Slavonic and East European Studies and Cambridge University, and has published over 20 books on Russia, including most recently, Alexandra Kollontai. Writings From the Struggle, as well as translations of the plays of Maxim Gorky and the diaries of Sofia Tolstoy.
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