Spanning eight decades --from the October Revolution of 1917 to the Cold War to the fall of Communism--the book follows the narrator's grand-father, Nikolai, a Red Army deserter who seeks peace and isolation in a remote forest village. Years later, his son Pavel will fight in World War II, become a KGB spy, and, like Nikolai, return to his native Caucasus in a vain attempt to escape the increasing tyrannies of the postwar Soviet era. It is here, amidst the raging warfare, espionage, and crushing poverty, where our narrator ...
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Spanning eight decades --from the October Revolution of 1917 to the Cold War to the fall of Communism--the book follows the narrator's grand-father, Nikolai, a Red Army deserter who seeks peace and isolation in a remote forest village. Years later, his son Pavel will fight in World War II, become a KGB spy, and, like Nikolai, return to his native Caucasus in a vain attempt to escape the increasing tyrannies of the postwar Soviet era. It is here, amidst the raging warfare, espionage, and crushing poverty, where our narrator is born. Sweeping in its scope and heartbreaking in its truths, Requiem for a Lost Empire is both a harrowing history of the Soviet Union and a loving tribute to the fortitude of its people. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction--novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Very good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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Very Good+ No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. Washington Square Press, 2003, First Printing, 8vo, 252 pages, name and date on front endpage. Softcover edition in very good+ condition.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book Royal octavo, hardcover, fine, as new, in fine brown and white pictorial dj. 252 pp. Ranging from the time of the czar to the fall of Communism, this multigenerational saga follows the lives and fortunes of one Russian family over the course of eighty turbulent years, from the involvement of Nicholas, the protagonist's grandfather, in the 1920s to the recruitment of Pavel, his grandson, by the KGB.
