The Unquiet Ghost - Russians Remeber Stalin

Informationen zum Autor ADAM HOCHSCHILD is the author of eleven books.  King Leopold’s Ghost  was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, as was To End All Wars. His  Bury the Chains  was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and PEN USA Literary Award. He lives in Berkeley, California. Klappentext Although some twenty million people died during Stalin’s reign of terror, only with the advent of glasnost did Russians begin to confront their memories of that time. In 1991, Adam Hochschild spent nearly six months in Russia talking to gulag survivors, retired concentration camp guards, and countless others. The result is a riveting evocation of a country still haunted by the ghost of Stalin. Zusammenfassung Although some twenty million people died during Stalin’s reign of terror, only with the advent of glasnost did Russians begin to confront their memories of that time. In 1991, Adam Hochschild spent nearly six months in Russia talking to gulag survivors, retired concentration camp guards, and countless others. The result is a riveting evocation of a country still haunted by the ghost of Stalin.

Product details

• Authors: Hochschild, Adam Hochschild
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.02.2003
• EAN: 9780618257478
• ISBN: 978-0-618-25747-8
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; HISTORY: WORLD, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, HISTORY: Modern / 20th Century, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Political, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Presidents & Heads of State, SCIENCE: Essays, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Essays, SCIENCE: History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Royalty, HISTORY: Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Violence in Society, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs