St. Petersburg

In this incomparable novel of the seething revolutionary Russia of 1905, Andrey Biely plays ingeniously on the great themes of Russian history and literature as he tells the mesmerizing tale of Apollon Apollonovich Ableukhov, a high Tsarist official, and his dilettante son, an aspiring terrorist, whose first assignment is to assassinate a high Tsarist official.

Summary

In this incomparable novel of the seething revolutionary Russia of 1905, Andrey Bely plays ingeniously on the great themes of Russian history and literature as he tells the mesmerizing tale of Apollon Apollonovich Ableukhov, a high-ranking Tsarist official, and his dilettante son, Nikolai, an aspiring terrorist, whose first assignment is to assassinate his father.

Product details

• Authors: Andrey Bely, Andrei Biely, Andrey Biely, Biely Andrei
• Assisted by: John Cournos (Translation), Cournos John (Translation)
• Publisher: Atlantic monthly press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.03.1994
• EAN: 9780802131584
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-3158-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Russia, Fiction: general & literary, Saint Petersburg, c 1900 to c 1909, CULTURAL HERITAGE / Russian, Revolution;Apollon Apollonovich Ableukhov;Tsar;Nikolai