Petersburg
Bely, Andrey, 1880-19342010
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Tells a story of family dysfunction, parricide, political terror, conspiracy and murder. This title also points to apocalypse and redemption. After enlisting in a revolutionary terrorist organization, the university student Nikolai Apollonovich Ableukhov is entrusted with a highly dangerous mission: to plant a bomb and assassinate a major government figure. But the real central character of the novel is the city of Petersburg at the beginning of the twentieth century, caught in the grip of political agitation and social unrest. Intertwining the worlds of history and myth, and parading a cast of unforgettable characters, Petersburg is a story of apocalypse and redemption played out through family dysfunction, conspiracy and murder.
Main title:
Petersburg / Andrei Bely ; translated from the Russian by John Elsworth.
Edition:
New ed.
Imprint:
London : Pushkin Press, 2010.
Collation:
569 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Notes:
"First published in Russian as Petersburg in 1916"--T.p. verso.
ISBN:
9781906548438 (pbk)
Language:
EnglishRussian
Subject:
BRN:
2415012