True Stories: The Memoirs of Lev Razgon - Hardcover

Razgon, Lev

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 087501108X ISBN 13: 9780875011080

Publisher: Ardis Publishing,U.S., 1996

Synopsis

His anecdotes reveal a previously unseen side of the imprisoned Soviet elite, their daily lives in the labor camps, and the true characters of their jailers. Razgon so vividly shares these horrific memories due to a "terrible sense that I had survived when so many others had died . . . Ultimately I knew I had just one obligation -- the obligation of the living to the dead."

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Review

"Razgon's extraordinary memoir was one of the most exhilarating moments in the return of history to Russia. His life, in its tragedy and endurance, reflects an entire epoch." --David Remnick
"A brilliant memoir, by turns harrowing, inspiring, sardonic, and devastating." --"Kirkus Reviews"

About the Author

Lev Razgon (1908-1999) was a Communist who got caught up in the purges of the late 1930s. He was released in the 1950s, and his memoirs were first published in Russia in 1988.
John Crowfoot was closely involved with the Russian Booker Prize for ten years, and he has edited and translated several books about Soviet history and contemporary Russia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ardis Publishing,U.S.
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 087501108X
• ISBN 13: 9780875011080
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 302