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| Original Title: | Дети Арбата |
| ISBN: | 0099633302 (ISBN13: 9780099633303) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Arbat Tetralogy #1 |
| Characters: | Александр Панкратов |
| Setting: | U.S.S.R. |

Anatoli Rybakov
Paperback | Pages: 737 pages Rating: 4.19 | 3759 Users | 116 Reviews
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| Title | : | Children of the Arbat (Arbat Tetralogy #1) |
| Author | : | Anatoli Rybakov |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 737 pages |
| Published | : | April 27th 1994 by Arrow Books Ltd (first published 1987) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. Russia. Historical. Historical Fiction. Literature. Russian Literature |
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To the two people among my goodreads friends, who are interested in Russian history and culture - this novel (first in a trilogy) covers the era of Stalin's reign of terror and is both riveting and historically accurate. It is mostly about a group of young people caught up in the workings of Stalin's totalitarian machine; but it also presents Stalin's POV, walking readers through his delusions of grandeur and fears of losing power, that ultimately lead him down the path of totalitarianism.I listened to Children of the Arbat along with A History of Russia: From Peter the Great to Gorbachev, and I am confident you can get a comprehensive picture of the period from just Rybakov's work.
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Ratings: 4.19 From 3759 Users | 116 ReviewsRate Appertaining To Books Children of the Arbat (Arbat Tetralogy #1)
There are few great novels to read about people and life in Soviet Russia. This is one of them. It's the story of the lives of a group of young Moscow intellectuals/ artists...during the beginning of Stalin's reign of terror....Would make much more an impact if I'd read it in my school days. It reminded me of the "Adventures of Werner Holt" - book showing the reality of the young when faced with times of political upheaval. The history of the two books is different, but the idea the same: gullibility of the young, innocent minds; inevitability of individualism in times of unanimous political revolution. Scary as shit
Suppressed by the Soviet Union for over twenty years, Anatoli Rybakov's Children of the Arbat is destined to rank with Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago as a classic of historical fiction. Set in 1934, Children of the Arbat presents a masterful and chilling psychological portrait of Stalin and details the beginning of its reign of terror and its impact on a generation - represented by a circle of young friends living in Moscow's intellectual and artistic centre, the Arbat. Sasha Pankratov, a

In a surprisingly readable, perhaps even pulpy portrait of Moscow society in the 1930s, Rybakov juxtaposes the banal interests of Moscow teenagers with the plight of their friend Sasha, humanizing life in the regime. Via Sasha's uncle Mark, the characters' lives connect with larger political machinations at the highest levels as Stalin consolidates power, and we also see the systems-level analysis of the operation of power and the interests of the different individuals caught up in an ever
The night outside was freezing, the room was warm and cozy, the girls were wearing lisle stockings and high-heeled shoes. The planet was spinning on its relentless orbit, the stars in the universe were in permanent motion, they had vodka and port and white wine and roast goose, there was mustard sauce for the herring and store-bought ham, and they were seeing in 1934, just as they had seen in 1933, and would see in 1935 and 36 and 37 and many more years to come. They were young, with no thought
To the two people among my goodreads friends, who are interested in Russian history and culture - this novel (first in a trilogy) covers the era of Stalin's reign of terror and is both riveting and historically accurate. It is mostly about a group of young people caught up in the workings of Stalin's totalitarian machine; but it also presents Stalin's POV, walking readers through his delusions of grandeur and fears of losing power, that ultimately lead him down the path of totalitarianism. I


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