The Last Man in Russia: And the Struggle to Save a Dying Nation
Author(s): Oliver Bullough
The Last Man in Russia is a portrait of the country like no other; a quest to understand the soul of Russia. Award-winning writer Oliver Bullough travels the country from crowded Moscow train to empty windswept village, following in the footsteps of one extraordinary man, the dissident Orthodox priest Father Dmitry. His moving, terrifying story is the story of a nation: famine, war, the frozen wastes of the Gulag, the collapse of communism and now, a people seeking oblivion. Bullough shows that in a country so willing to crush its citizens, there is also courage, resilience and flickering glimmers of hope.
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An ambitious and wide-ranging journey into the heart of a great, sad country ... He has a talent for sketching the people he meets, often administering a welcome dose of humour, and he appreciates the absurd, in the best Russian tradition -- Arthur House Sunday Telegraph Vivid ... very engaging Times Literary Supplement
General Fields
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- : Penguin Books, Limited
- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : 0.224
- : 01 November 2013
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 April 2014
- : books
Special Fields
- : 304
- : 1
- : Paperback
- : Oliver Bullough