num_pages: 208
description: An epic story about the search for happiness, of longing to lead, yet needing to follow, and of learning about oneself. This is ultimately a story about being in possession of your own life. Zoroastrian myth, Sufism, Communism and Freud are woven together to create a work of psychological and philosophical complexity, with the hero, Chagataev, in the role of a 20th-century Moses.
language: English
title: Soul
titlecomplete: Soul
genres: Classics, Roman, Short Stories, Russia, Dystopia, Novels, Russian Literature, 20th Century, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 852
publisher: Harvill Press