Childhood
By: Maksim Gorky ; translated from the Russian, with an introduction and notes, by Graham Hettlinger
Contributors: Hettlinger, Graham
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781566638401; 9781566639064
Subjects: Social life and customs; Child abuse; Russian Authors; Family; Grandparent and child; Boys; Childhood and youth; Biography; History
Work titles: Detstvo
Description: Aleksey Peshkov overcame indigence, violence, and suicidal despair to become Maksim Gorky, one of the most widely read and influential writers of the twentieth century. Childhood, the first book in Gorky's acclaimed autobiographical trilogy, depicts his early years, when after his father's death he was taken to live in the home of his maternal grandfather, a violent and vindictive man who both provided the child with a rudimentary education and subjected him to savage beatings.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.