Cement

Gleb, a soldier hero, returns from the revolution to a world in transition, as demonstrated by the reorganisation of the local cement factory for the massive national effort. A classic of socialist realism, Cement became a model for Soviet fiction in the decades following its publication in the early 1920s.

About the author

FYODOR VASILIEVICH GLADKOV (1883-1958) was born into a peasant family in the village of Chenavka, in the district of Petrovsk. As a young man, he lived in Kuban, where he became involved in revolutionary activities. He was exiled from 1905-1908.

Summary

Gleb, a soldier hero, returns from the revolution to a world in transition, as demonstrated by the reorganisation of the local cement factory for the massive national effort. A classic of socialist realism, Cement became a model for Soviet fiction in the decades following its publication in the early 1920s.

Product details

• Authors: Fyodor Vasilievich Galdkov, Fyodor Vasilievich Gladkov
• Assisted by: A. S. Arthur (Translation), A.S. Arthur (Translation), C. Ashleigh (Translation)
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.1994
• EAN: 9780810111608
• ISBN: 978-0-8101-1160-8
• No. of pages: 311
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 196 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 336 g
• Series: European Classics; European Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, Fiction - General