Bibliograph

The whisperers, private life in Stalin's Russia, Orlando Figes

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The whisperers, private life in Stalin's Russia, Orlando Figes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 667-702) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The whisperers

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

861787890

Responsibility statement

Orlando Figes

Sub title

private life in Stalin's Russia

Summary

"The Whisperers is a triumphant act of recovery. In this powerful work of history, Orlando Figes chronicles the private history of family life during the violent and repressive reign of Josef Stalin. Drawing on a vast collection of interviews and archives, The Whisperers re-creates the anguish of family members turned against one another--of the paranoia, alienation, and treachery that poisoned private life in Russia for generations. A panoramic portrait of a society in which everyone spoke in whispers, The Whisperers is "rigorously compassionate. . . . A humbling monument to the evil and endurance of Russia's Soviet past and, implicitly, a guide to its present" (The Economist)."--From the back cover

Table Of Contents

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007024223.htmlChildren of 1917 (1917-28) -- The great break (1928-32) -- The pursuit of happiness (1932-6) -- The great fear (1937-8) -- Remnants of terror (1938-41) -- "Wait for me" (1941-5) -- Ordinary Stalinists (1945-53) -- Return (1953-6) -- Memory (1956-2006)

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