Description
| Product ID: | 9780099584131 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Mud and Stars |
| Subtitle: | Travels in Russia |
| Authors: | Author: Sara Wheeler |
| Page Count: | 304 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: general, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Travel writing, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Travel writing, Russia, c 1800 to c 1900, c 1900 - c 1914 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A wonderfully original book about contemporary Russia as seen on journeys in search of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Lermontov, Chekhov, Gogol and Turgenev. SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANDFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARD 2020With the writers of the Golden Age as her guides – Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gogol and Turgenev, among others – Wheeler travels the length and breadth of Russia to make connections between then and now. On the Trans-Siberian railway, at sail on the Black Sea, or while watching television with her hosts in Soviet apartment blocks, Wheeler searches for a Russia not in the news – a Russia of humanity and daily struggles. At a time of deteriorating relations between Russia and the West, Wheeler gives a voice to the 'ordinary' people of Russia and discovers how the writers of the past continue to represent their country today. A wonderfully original book about contemporary Russia as seen on journeys in search of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Lermontov, Chekhov, Gogol and Turgenev. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-07-23 |
