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Arise and Walk
Seryozha is just eight when his father is first arrested. Over the next 24 years he follows him through Stalin's desolate labour camps and prisons. Seryozha tells of the dignity with which his father faces the despair and degradation of his life and of the burden of sadness he feels at his death.
160 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1991
About the author
Yuri Nagibin
77 books26 followersYuri Markovich Nagibin (Russian: Юрий Маркович Нагибин; April 3, 1920 – June 17, 1994) was a Soviet writer, screenwriter and novelist.
He is best known for his screenplays, but he also has written several novels and novellas, and many short stories. He is known for his novel The Red Tent that he later adapted for the screenplay for the film of the same name.[1] The novel was based on the history of Don Quixote's expedition to the North Pole.
The themes he explores range from war to ritual, history and cars.
Nagibin's mother was pregnant with him when his father was executed as a counter-revolutionary before he was born. He was raised by a Jewish stepfather from infancy, and was unaware of that he had a different father, so he always assumed he was Jewish himself. Mark Anthony, his stepfather was arrested himself and exiled to Northern Russia in 1927. Nagibin found out late in life that he was not in fact Jewish, but he consciously retained ethnic Jewish identity, having suffered many anti-Semitic incidents in the course of his life.[2]
In October 1993, he signed the Letter of Forty-Two.[3]
He was born, and died, in Moscow, and was buried in Novodevichy Cemetery.
He is best known for his screenplays, but he also has written several novels and novellas, and many short stories. He is known for his novel The Red Tent that he later adapted for the screenplay for the film of the same name.[1] The novel was based on the history of Don Quixote's expedition to the North Pole.
The themes he explores range from war to ritual, history and cars.
Nagibin's mother was pregnant with him when his father was executed as a counter-revolutionary before he was born. He was raised by a Jewish stepfather from infancy, and was unaware of that he had a different father, so he always assumed he was Jewish himself. Mark Anthony, his stepfather was arrested himself and exiled to Northern Russia in 1927. Nagibin found out late in life that he was not in fact Jewish, but he consciously retained ethnic Jewish identity, having suffered many anti-Semitic incidents in the course of his life.[2]
In October 1993, he signed the Letter of Forty-Two.[3]
He was born, and died, in Moscow, and was buried in Novodevichy Cemetery.
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December 12, 2021
Mamma mia!
Subbuglio di sentimenti. Non sono in grado di scriverci su una recensione, al momento.
Subbuglio di sentimenti. Non sono in grado di scriverci su una recensione, al momento.
September 18, 2019
Struggle for father!
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