Kate's review
The Magical Chorus: A History of Russian Culture in the Twentieth Century from Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn
by Solomon Volkov, Antonina Bouis (Translator)
Um, isn't Krushchev of the 20th century? 1900's = 20th century, correct? If the book didn't cover him then how did he get left out? Or is it that you want a more detailed overlapping look at that period to the present?
As for the first years of this century -- how do we know how things which are happening in Russia will shake out in the course of time and perspective? the century is young yet, no? It's not even a decade old! Still a child so to speak.
Kate's review
The Magical Chorus: A History of Russian Culture in the Twentieth Century from Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn by Solomon Volkov, Antonina Bouis (Translator)
Kate's review
rating:
I gasped with horror when I looked at this book more closely and realized that it had been written by some Soviet emigre dude and translated into English. I expected dry going. But OMG, this really is what it promises to be - a masterful look at Russian culture in the 20th century. Now if someone could pick up where this leaves off and write a masterful history of popular Soviet culture from the Khrushchev era to the present day ...
Um, isn't Krushchev of the 20th century? 1900's = 20th century, correct? If the book didn't cover him then how did he get left out? Or is it that you want a more detailed overlapping look at that period to the present?
As for the first years of this century -- how do we know how things which are happening in Russia will shake out in the course of time and perspective? the century is young yet, no? It's not even a decade old! Still a child so to speak.