Kiev - Kyiv - is in chaos. Russia has withdrawn from World War I but the Germans have set up a puppet government in Ukraine. Civil war rages: the Bolsheviks have seized power in Russia, but the anti-revolutionary White Guard who have fled to Ukraine, are rallying to resist. In the meantime, Ukrainian nationalists are camped outside the capital, and a Red army is on its way to bring everyone to heel. While all this is going on, the Turbin family try to eke out their existence in Kyiv and discuss what they should do. They are ...
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Kiev - Kyiv - is in chaos. Russia has withdrawn from World War I but the Germans have set up a puppet government in Ukraine. Civil war rages: the Bolsheviks have seized power in Russia, but the anti-revolutionary White Guard who have fled to Ukraine, are rallying to resist. In the meantime, Ukrainian nationalists are camped outside the capital, and a Red army is on its way to bring everyone to heel. While all this is going on, the Turbin family try to eke out their existence in Kyiv and discuss what they should do. They are exactly the sort of family - monarchist intelligentsia - for whom the future looks particularly menacing. Bulgakov's brilliant and evocative prose brings the city and the moment unforgettably to life and sheds some fascinating light on the complex interwoven histories of Ukraine and Russia.
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Add this copy of The White Guard to cart. $9.00, good condition, Sold by Goodwill rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brooklyn Park, MN, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Vintage Classics.
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Good. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover if applicable. Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May include From the library of labels. Shrink wrap dust covers or boxed set case may be missing. Item may be missing bundled media.
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Good. Size: 8vo-over 7? -9? " tall; Yale University Press, 2009. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Translated from the Russian by Marian Schwartz. Introduction by Evgeny Dobrenko. White illustrated wraps clean and unmarked with light wear to edges. Binding tight and solid and square. Pages clean, copious notes, check marks in pencil and ink--none interfere with easy reading. This classic modern semi-autobiographical novel by one of Russia's greatest avant-garde writers vividly recreates the chaos of Revolutionary Kiev in 1981. He tells of a Russian family plunged into the chaos of civil war, contrasting the cruelty and violence of the era with individual acts of humanity. Mikhail was a prolific Russian novelist and playwright considered one of the greatest Russia writers and among the foremost critiques of the Soviet social hierarchy. 352 pages. 8vo. 2009, Yale University Press. ISBN10: 0300151454, ISBN13: 9780300151459.
Add this copy of White Guard to cart. $15.62, like new condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Yale University Press.
