Engineers Of The Soul
Author: Westerman, Frank
ISBN: 9780099461647
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 01 Jan 2012
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
A brilliant fusion of travel writing and Soviet history which reads like Bruce Chatwin.
Engineers of the Soul draws the reader into the wild euphoria of the Russian Revolution, as art and reality are bent to radically new purposes. Writers of renown, described by Stalin as 'engineers of the soul', were encouraged to sing the praises of construction. But the initial enthusiasm of Soviet writers faltered as these colossal structures led to slavery and destruction, and they were obliged to labour on in the service of a deluded totalitarian society.
Frank Westerman sweeps the reader along to the dramatic final confrontation between writers and engineers that signalled the end of the Soviet empire.
ISBN: 9780099461647
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 01 Jan 2012
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
A brilliant fusion of travel writing and Soviet history which reads like Bruce Chatwin.
Engineers of the Soul draws the reader into the wild euphoria of the Russian Revolution, as art and reality are bent to radically new purposes. Writers of renown, described by Stalin as 'engineers of the soul', were encouraged to sing the praises of construction. But the initial enthusiasm of Soviet writers faltered as these colossal structures led to slavery and destruction, and they were obliged to labour on in the service of a deluded totalitarian society.
Frank Westerman sweeps the reader along to the dramatic final confrontation between writers and engineers that signalled the end of the Soviet empire.
