ISBN: 9780805057836

History on a grand scale-an enchanting masterpiece that explores the making of one of the world's most vibrant civilizations "A People's Tragedy", wrote Eric Hobsbawm, did "more to help u… Mehr…

History on a grand scale-an enchanting masterpiece that explores the making of one of the world's most vibrant civilizations "A People's Tragedy", wrote Eric Hobsbawm, did "more to help us understand the Russian Revolution than any other book I know." Now, in "Natasha's Dance", internationally renowned historian Orlando Figes does the same for Russian culture, summoning the myriad elements that formed a nation and held it together. Beginning in the eighteenth century with the building of St. Petersburg-a "window on the West"-and culminating with the challenges posed to Russian identity by the Soviet regime, Figes examines how writers, artists, and musicians grappled with the idea of Russia itself-its character, spiritual essence, and destiny. He skillfully interweaves the great works-by Dostoevsky, Stravinsky, and Chagall-with folk embroidery, peasant songs, religious icons, and all the customs of daily life, from food and drink to bathing habits to beliefs about the spirit world. Figes's characters range high and low: the revered Tolstoy, who left his deathbed to search for the Kingdom of God, as well as the serf girl Praskovya, who became Russian opera's first superstar and shocked society by becoming her owner's wife. Like the European-schooled countess Natasha performing an impromptu folk dance in Tolstoy's "War and Peace", the spirit of "Russianness" is revealed by Figes as rich and uplifting, complex and contradictory-a powerful force that unified a vast country and proved more lasting than any Russian ruler or state. Media > Book, [PU: Henry Holt and Company also Metropolitan Books]<

ISBN: 9780805057836

UsedGood. Condition: GOOD - Used with some wear from use. May include stickers on cover, missing or wear to dustcover, inside cover, spine, slight curled corners, stains, and wear to th… Mehr…

UsedGood. Condition: GOOD - Used with some wear from use. May include stickers on cover, missing or wear to dustcover, inside cover, spine, slight curled corners, stains, and wear to the fore edge. All orders ship via UPS Mail Innovations - can take up to 14 business days from first scan to be delivered., 0<

2002, ISBN: 0805057838

[EAN: 9780805057836], [SC: 0.0], [PU: Metropolitan Books], Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Descri… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780805057836], [SC: 0.0], [PU: Metropolitan Books], Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present., Books<

2002, ISBN: 0805057838

[EAN: 9780805057836], [PU: Metropolitan Books], Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the ave… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780805057836], [PU: Metropolitan Books], Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present., Books<