Engineers of the soul
Subtitle: the grandiose propaganda of Stalin's Russia
By: Frank Westerman ; translated from the Dutch by Sam Garrett
Contributors: Garrett, Sam
Publisher: The Overlook Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9781590200872
Subjects: Communism and literature; History and criticism; Russian Authors; Russian literature; Political persecution
Other titles: Grandiose propaganda of Stalin's Russia
Work titles: Ingenieurs van de ziel
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.
Notes: "First published in the U.K. in 2010 by Harvill secker"--T.p. verso.

Translation of: Ingenieurs van de ziel.