Title: Engineers of the soul : the grandiose propaganda of Stalin's Russia /
Authors: Westerman, Frank, 1964-; Garrett, Sam
Publisher: Overlook Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Paustovsky, Konstantin,; Paustovsky, Konstantin,; Russian literature History and criticism; Communism and literature Soviet Union.; Propaganda, Communist Soviet Union History.; Political persecution Soviet Union.; Russian literature History and criticism.; Communism and literature Russia History.; Political persecution Russia History.
Abstract: 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.