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RUSSIAN PRINCE IN THE SOVIET STATE
STORIES, LETTERS FROM EXILE, AND NOTES OF A CUIRASSIER |
| By: |
Vladimir Trubetskol, Ms. Susanne Fusso (Editor), Ms. Susanne Fusso (Trans) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£47.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0810116553 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780810116559 |
| Publisher: |
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
6 February, 2006 |
| Series: |
Studies in Russian Literature and Theory |
| Pages: |
200 |
| Translated from: |
Russian |
| Description: |
Of a noble and distinguished family disenfranchised by the Bolshevik revolution, Vladimir Trubetskoi (1892-1937) alone remained in Russia, and suffered the consequences of his decision. His life and experiences are documented in this volume. |
| Synopsis: |
Of a noble and distinguished family disenfranchised by the Bolshevik revolution, Vladimir Trubetskoi (1892-1937) alone remained in Russia, and suffered the consequences of his decision. His life and experiences are well documented in this remarkable volume, a selection of his writings that reflects his comfortable prewar existence and his post-revolutionary poverty, uncertainty, and displacement, all conveyed with humor and ironic detachment. Including selections from Trubetskoi's memoirs, his letters from exile in Uzbekistan, and his hunting stories, the chapters of this volume offer autobiographical narratives of the self, creative "reflections," ethnography, and, most of all, uniquely evocative and informative instances of history lived and recorded with quiet power and irrepressible character. In his letters from exile, Trubetskoi describes his grim situation in Central Asia-how he snatched moments to write between mornings playing piano in a ballet studio and late nights in a restaurant band, struggling with the heat, the insect-borne illness, and the problems of a large uprooted family.His memoirs of 1911-12, "Notes of a Cuirassier," are the culmination of his efforts and they convey in vivid detail the glittering prewar world of an elite Russian Guards regiment. These reminiscences as well as his stories offer a glimpse of what life was like for a citizen of Imperial Russia who tried to make a life for himself in the new Soviet state. Instructive, amusing, moving, Trubetskoi's stories are also an inspiring example of how a person of grace and true nobility meets large-scale social and political upheaval. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Northwestern University Press |
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