The Stalin Epigram : A Novel (Paperback)

from berthirsch

Robert Littell, a longtime master of the Cold War suspense novel (see: The Company, The Amateur, The Defection of AJ Lewinter) has brought his talents to this stunning account of the life and times of the great Russian poet Osip Mandelstam. Bristeling under the yoke of Stalinism, Mandelstam sets ...

from dougwood57

In the Stalin Epigram, Littell departs from Cold war spies and turns to Stalinist era poets. The book is based on historical people and events. Littell explores Stalinist repression in the 1930's. His primary focus follows Osip Mandelstam, a formerly renowned poet whose work by 1934 has been supp...

from berthirsch

Robert Littell, a longtime master of the Cold War suspense novel (see: The Company, The Amateur, The Defection of AJ Lewinter) has brought his talents to this stunning account of the life and times of the great Russian poet Osip Mandelstam. Bristeling under the yoke of Stalinism, Mandelstam sets ...

from AlisonLea

Harrowing examination of Stalin's Russia in the 30s. Finished it in a day--narrative structure of switching between narrators keeps the pace going and provides other relevant and interesting viewpoints.

from almigwin

outstanding recreation of the friendship between Akhmatova, Pasternak and Mandelstam, and the repression of poetry leading to the death of Mandelstam