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  • The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy

    de Cathy Porter ...
    “[A] testament to a great spirit, a woman who lived in terrifying proximity to one of the greatest writers of all time, and who understood exactly the high price she would have to pay for this privilege.”—Jay Parini, author of The Last StationTranslated by Cathy Porter and with an introduction by Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing, The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy chronicles in extraordinary detail the ... Leer más

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  • Love of Worker Bees

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  • The Diaries of Sofia Tolstoy

    de Sofia Tolstoy ...
    Traducido por Cathy Porter ...
    When Sofia Behrs married Count Leo Tolstoy, the author of "War and Peace", husband and wife regularly exchanged diaries covering the years from 1862 to 1910. Sofia's life was not an easy one: she idealized her husband, but was tormented by him; even her many children were not an unmitigated blessing. In the background of her life was one of the most turbulent periods of Russian history: the ... Leer más

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  • Alexandra Kollontai: Writings From The Struggle

    de Cathy Porter ...
    Alexandra Kollontai was a major figure in the Russian revolutionary movement, an activist from the 1890s, a pioneer of women's liberation and one of the founders of International Women's Day. This new collection is a wide-ranging selection of her writings from the revolutionary struggle, from her first discovery of Marx in her twenties, to her place in the first Bolshevik government, and her fight ... Leer más

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    For over seventy years the Kremlin was the bastion of the all-powerful Soviet rulers. A great deal is known about the men who held millions of fates in their iron grip, yet little is known about the women-the wives and mistresses-who shared their lives. They took part in the Revolution and its aftermath, bore children, and suffered abuse; some were arrested and sent to Siberia, driven to suicide, ... Leer más

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  • Capek Four Plays

    R. U. R.; The Insect Play; The Makropulos Case; The White Plague

    de Karel Capek ...
    Traducido por Peter Majer, Ms Cathy Porter ...
    Series series World Classics
    "There was no writer like him. . . prophetic assurance mixed with surrealistic humour and hard-edged social satire: a unique combination" (Arthur Miller)This volume brings together fresh new translations of four of his most popular plays, more than ever relevant today. In R. U. R., the Robot - an idea Çapek was the first to invent - gradually takes over all aspects of human existence except ... Leer más

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    The Zykovs; Egor Bulychov; Vassa Zheleznova (The Mother); The Last Ones

    de Maxim Gorky ...
    Traducido por Ms Cathy Porter ...
    Series Libro 2 - World Classics
    Four key new translations of plays (including three previously unpublished works) written at the turn of the 20th century, charting the descent of Russia into revolutionHailed by Chekhov as the voice of his time, Gorky's four plays offer a panoramic view of Russia in the throes of revolution.THE ZYKOVS is set shortly before the Bolshevik Revolution of October 1917. Antipa Zykov is a merchant ... Leer más

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