Petersburg

By: Andrei Bely, John Elsworth (Translator)

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Paperback | 6 January 2009 | Edition Number 2

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576 Pages

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Set in Saint Petersburg during the Revolution of 1905, this classic of Russian literature draws comparisons to James Joyce's Ulysses for its display of symbolism and humor

After enlisting in a revolutionary terrorist organization, the university student Nikolai Apollonovich Ableukhov is entrusted with a highly dangerous mission: to plant a bomb and assassinate a major government figure.

But the real central character of Petersburg is the Russian capital itself--caught in the grip of political agitation and social unrest at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Intertwining the worlds of history and myth, and parading a cast of unforgettable characters, Petersburg is a story of apocalypse and redemption played out through family dysfunction, conspiracy, and murder.

"The most important, most influential, and most perfectly realized Russian novel written in the 20th century." --The New York Times Book Review

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One of the four most important works of twentieth century literature" VLADIMIR NABOKOV "The one novel that sums up the whole of Russia" Anthony BURGESS "The most important, most influential, and most perfectly realized Russian novel written in the 20th century" New York Times Book Review "A man of strange unheard-of insights- magical and a holy fool in the tradition of Russian Orthodoxy" ISAIAH BERLIN "With unswerving loyalty to the original, Elsworth has suceeded in capturing its idiosyncratic rhythms and elusive layers of meaning, producing a masterful translation that reads like a work of art in its own right" ACADEMIA ROSSICA JUDGES PANEL FOR THE 2012 TRANSLATION PRIZE

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