Travels in russian history when the british journalist rachel polonsky moves to moscow, she discovers an apartment on romanov street that was once home to the soviet elite. One of those ghostly neighbours was stalin s henchman vyacheslav molotov. Travels in russian history by rachel polonsky 2011, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Mar 19, 2010 molotov s magic lantern is a hard book to catalogue.
Mar 23, 2011 blending history, literature and travelogue, molotovs magic lantern is certainly an unconventional work. Molotovs magic lantern is a hard book to catalogue. Blending history, literature and travelogue, molotovs magic lantern is certainly an unconventional work. Molotovs magic lantern by rachel polonsky overdrive. Rachel polonsky had the good fortune to arrive in russia at just the right time and place.
Is it, as in the amazon ad, molotovs magic lantern. The closest railway station is kalanchak 94 km 58 mi. Travels in russian history when the british journalist rachel polonsky moves to moscow, she discovers an apartment. The distance to the city of kherson is 94 km 58 mi, the seaport. And molotovs magic lantern is not a piece of history, nor of literary criticism, but a pocket torch shone into the nooks and crannies between the two. With exceptional insight and beautiful prose, polonsky writes about the longings and aspirations of these russian writers and others in the course of her travels from the arctic to siberia and from the forests around moscow to the. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. A creative cocktail of poetry and history in molotov. Well, from the book, quite obviously the second, so the publisher better correct the misleading parallel. A singular homage to russian history and culture, molotov s magic lantern evokes the spirit of the great artists and the haunted past of a country ravaged by war, famine, and totalitarianism.
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Roxolana in european literature, history and culture. Every nation is a product of and captive to its history. More wonderful than even that, the weaving of cultural and historical information creates an unforgettable picture of the world of stalinist russia. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Read molotovs magic lantern travels in russian history by rachel polonsky available from rakuten kobo. Molotovs magic lantern, by rachel polonsky the independent. One of those ghostly neighbours was stalins henchman vyacheslav molotov. After all, there are historians who write books that, while. One of my fellow students is writing a thesis about the status of family history and genealogy within historiography more generally.
A journey in russian history, london, faber and faber, 2010, 369 p. Travels in russian history gives us the unexpected. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel. A journey in russian history, or, as on the facsimile title page, molotovs magic lantern. Journalist polonsky english literature and the russian aesthetic renaissance, 1998 steps back into a nearvanished world of soviet and russian history. The reference to molotov along with the subtitle, a journey in russian history, might lead readers to expect a rather different book. When the author, a british journalist moves to moscow, she discovers an apartment on romanov street that was once home to the soviet elite. Wendell steavenson, the sunday times polonskys detailstudded hybrid of travelogue, biography and political and cultural history is dense and scholarly, and dares to lack a dominant. The sunday times polonskys detailstudded hybrid of travelogue, biography and political and cultural history is dense and scholarly, and dares to lack a dominant propulsive narrative. When the british journalist rachel polonsky moves to moscow, she discovers an apartment on romanov street that was once.
Full text of molotovs magic lantern internet archive. A journey in russian history, or, as on the facsimile title page, molotov s magic lantern. More wonderful than even that, the weaving of cultural and historical information creates an. Having moved to moscow from england, the author and her family lived on romanov lane, in the apartment just below where stalins henchman vyacheslav molotov resided during the last years of his life d. One of the most infamous neighbors was the ruthless apparatchik, stalins henchman, vyacheslav molotov, who was a participant in the collectivizations and the great purge. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection. In molotov s former apartment, rachel polonsky discovered his library and an old magic lantern. Molotovs magic lantern travels in russian history book. A journey in russian history by rachel polonsky is an unforgettable exploration of a country and its literature.
Travels in russian history by rachel polonsky when the british writer rachel polonsky moved into an apartment on no. Describes the authors move to a moscow apartment that once housed the soviet elite and her discovery of an extensive, culturally reflective library belonging to a stalin henchman. A singular homage to russian history and culture, molotovs magic lantern evokes the spirit of the great artists and the haunted past of a country ravaged by war, famine, and totalitarianism. The place was an apartment in romanov lane in central moscow, not far from the kremlin, and the time was during. Molotovs magic lantern npr coverage of molotovs magic lantern. When the british journalist rachel polonsky moves to mo. Polonsky visits the haunted cities and vivid landscapes of the books from molotovs library. Rachel polonsky when the author, a british journalist, moves to moscow, she discovers an apartment on romanov street that was once home to the soviet elite.
Jan 03, 2012 molotov s magic lantern took me on a marvelous ride through russian history without the burdens of past cold war propaganda to wade through. A magic lantern found in his panelled drawing room acts as justification for polonskys own fugitive impressions, which draw on travels to murmansk, rostovon. Travels in russian history reprint by rachel polonsky isbn. It repeatedly crosses the borders between memoir, travelogue, cultural appreciation and intellectual history. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite. Travels in russian history by rachel polonsky 2011, hardcover at. When the british journalist rachel polonsky moves to moscow. Wendell steavenson, the sunday times polonsky s detailstudded hybrid of travelogue, biography and political and cultural history is dense and scholarly, and dares to lack a dominant. The title of the book refers to the fact that she lived for a while in the moscow apartment of vyacheslav molotov 18901986, who served as stalins foreign minister, and who was therefore one. In molotovs magic lantern, rachel polonsky uses her encounter with the library of notorious stalin henchman vyacheslav molotov as the cornerstone of this spellbinding book. A journey in russian history from the worlds largest community of readers. It is true that molotovs magic lantern is an unusual book, one that might be about the history of collective farming on one page and about the poet anna akhmatovas italian honeymoon on the. Jan 15, 2011 a journey into the heart of russian history. When rachel polonsky went to live in moscow, she found an apartment block in romanov street, once a residence of the soviet elite.
Rather than following a clear narrative or thematic structure it seems to light on places, characters and episodes almost at random. The place was an apartment in romanov lane in central moscow, not far. Molotov s magic lantern npr coverage of molotov s magic lantern. About the author rachel is a very wellrespected academic and journalist who has written for prospect, guardian, tls and spectator among others. In the course of her travels, polonsky visits monasteries, dachas, sanatoriums and bath houses. A singular homage to russian history and culture, molotovs magic lantern evokes the spirit of the great artists and the. Is it, as in the amazon ad, molotov s magic lantern. One of the most infamous neighbors was stalins henchman. When the british journalist rachel polonsky moves to moscow, she discovers an apartment on romanov street that was once home to the soviet elite. Music and the transformation of russian cultural life.
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