Inside the Soviet Writers' Union
Published on 28. January 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
318 pages
978-1-350-18656-9 (ISBN)
Description
The USSR's Writer's Union, a form of cultural and political organization unknown in the West, has ruled every aspect of Russian writers' private and professional lives from the time of Stalin to the present day. This sophisticated and detailed study shows how the union has operated over the last five decades.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
980 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-18656-9 (9781350186569)
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Persons
JOHN GARRARD is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford, and is a member of its European Studies Research Institute.
Content
Organising Utopia; whip and gingerbread; party guidance; Soviet Parnassus; crimes and punishments; purity and profit; the threat of glasnost; the promise of perestroika. Appendix: facts and figures.