Time Forward - Softcover

Katayev, Valentin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253202043 ISBN 13: 9780253202048

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1977

Synopsis

A classic of Soviet realism, Time, Forward! captures the enthusiasm and optimism of the first Five-Year Plan in its portrayal of the construction of Magnitogorsk, an enormous metallurgical plant considered one of the finest industrial achievements of the period. It embodies the beliefs of the era--that the collective (here a multinational brigade) through its determination and the application of technology can accomplish the impossible, conquer nature, even overcome time. Utilizing cinematic technique to tell his story, Kataev focuses on a twenty-four hour period when of the Magnitogorsk shock-brigades breaks a world record for pouring cement. The result is a remarkably affecting portrait of the idealism and sacrifice powering the early Soviet era.

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Valentine Kataev's Time, Forward! is a classic of Soviet Realism. Written in 1932, the novel captures the enthusiasm and the optimism of the First Five-Year Plan in its portrayal of the construction of Magnitogorsk, and enormous metallurgical plant considered one of the finest industrial achievements of the period.

Edition details

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0253202043
• ISBN 13: 9780253202048
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: Russian
• Number of pages: 352