Engineers of the soul

Description:

This text presents the story of two journeys--one literal, one imaginary--through contemporary Russia and through Soviet-era literature. Travelling through present and past, Frank Westerman draws the reader into the wild euphoria of the Russian Revolution, as art and reality are bent to radically new purposes.

subjects: Communism and literature,  History and criticism,  Political persecution,  Russian literature,  Propaganda,  Russian literature, history and criticism,  Authors, russian,  Russian Authors

People: Konstantin Paustovsky (1892-1968)

Places: Soviet Union

Times: 20th century