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Fear of Mirrors A Fall-of-Communism Novel

Ali, Tariq
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781784786939
Publisert
2016-11-29
Utgiver
Vendor
Verso Books
Vekt
284 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256

Forfatter
Ali, Tariq

Biographical note

Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics-including Pirates of the Caribbean, Bush in Babylon, The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Obama Syndrome-as well as novels including the highly acclaimed Islam Quintet. He is an editor of the New Left Review and lives in London.

Fear of Mirrors A Fall-of-Communism Novel

Ali, Tariq
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk
Ali, Tariq
Heftet / 2016 / Engelsk
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Ali folds his drama around the tight, cultlike atmosphere of Communist Party life, peopled by idealists who find their lives encumbered by betrayals, power grabs, and corruption and who, in the post-Communist era, must come to terms with their complicity with Stalinism ... This is a valuable book, especially for those interested in the current thinking of the European left.

Publishers Weekly

All human frailty and nobility is here ... an imaginative tour de force.

[In praise of Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree] Sunday Telegraph

Tariq Ali tells us the story of the aftermath of the fall of Granada by narrating a family saga of those who tried to survive after the collapse of their world. This is a novel that has something to say, and says it well.

[In praise of Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree] Guardian

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Tariq Ali captures the humanity and splendour of Muslim Spain ... an enthralling story, unravelled with thrift and verve. <i>Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree </i>is quizzical as well as honest, informative as well as enjoyable, real history as well as fiction ... a book to be relished and devoured.

[In praise of Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree] Independent

A humdinger of a book, full of energy, intelligence and bite.

Hilary Spurling, Daily Mail [Night of the Golden Butterfly]

This Chekhov-like scenario of intense emotion within a creaking social structure constructs a rich picture of history and the way we think about history

Times Literary Supplement [The Stone Woman]

For some East Germans, the fall of communism was like the end of a long and painful love affair: free to tell the truth at last, they found they no longer wanted to hear it. The nation may be reunified, but the life of former East German dissident Vladimir Meyer has fallen apart. His wife has deserted him. He has been fired from his university for being a Marxist. Vlady wants to tell his alienated son, Karl, what his family's long and passionate involvement with communism really meant. This is interwoven with the story of Ludwik, the Polish secret agent who recruited Philby, and of Gertrude, Vlady's mother, whose desire for Ludwik is matched only by her devotion to the Communist ideal. As the plot unfolds through the political upheavals of the twentieth century, Vlady describes the hopes aroused by the Bolshevik revolution and discovers the almost unbearable truth about their betrayal.
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A brilliant family saga stretching from the Russian Revolution to the collapse of the Soviet Union
Ali folds his drama around the tight, cultlike atmosphere of Communist Party life, peopled by idealists who find their lives encumbered by betrayals, power grabs, and corruption and who, in the post-Communist era, must come to terms with their complicity with Stalinism ... This is a valuable book, especially for those interested in the current thinking of the European left.
Les mer
A brilliant family saga stretching from the Russian Revolution to the collapse of the Soviet Union

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Ali folds his drama around the tight, cultlike atmosphere of Communist Party life, peopled by idealists who find their lives encumbered by betrayals, power grabs, and corruption and who, in the post-Communist era, must come to terms with their complicity with Stalinism ... This is a valuable book, especially for those interested in the current thinking of the European left.

Publishers Weekly

All human frailty and nobility is here ... an imaginative tour de force.

[In praise of Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree] Sunday Telegraph

Tariq Ali tells us the story of the aftermath of the fall of Granada by narrating a family saga of those who tried to survive after the collapse of their world. This is a novel that has something to say, and says it well.

[In praise of Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree] Guardian

Se alle

Tariq Ali captures the humanity and splendour of Muslim Spain ... an enthralling story, unravelled with thrift and verve. <i>Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree </i>is quizzical as well as honest, informative as well as enjoyable, real history as well as fiction ... a book to be relished and devoured.

[In praise of Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree] Independent

A humdinger of a book, full of energy, intelligence and bite.

Hilary Spurling, Daily Mail [Night of the Golden Butterfly]

This Chekhov-like scenario of intense emotion within a creaking social structure constructs a rich picture of history and the way we think about history

Times Literary Supplement [The Stone Woman]

For some East Germans, the fall of communism was like the end of a long and painful love affair: free to tell the truth at last, they found they no longer wanted to hear it. The nation may be reunified, but the life of former East German dissident Vladimir Meyer has fallen apart. His wife has deserted him. He has been fired from his university for being a Marxist. Vlady wants to tell his alienated son, Karl, what his family's long and passionate involvement with communism really meant. This is interwoven with the story of Ludwik, the Polish secret agent who recruited Philby, and of Gertrude, Vlady's mother, whose desire for Ludwik is matched only by her devotion to the Communist ideal. As the plot unfolds through the political upheavals of the twentieth century, Vlady describes the hopes aroused by the Bolshevik revolution and discovers the almost unbearable truth about their betrayal.
Les mer
A brilliant family saga stretching from the Russian Revolution to the collapse of the Soviet Union
Ali folds his drama around the tight, cultlike atmosphere of Communist Party life, peopled by idealists who find their lives encumbered by betrayals, power grabs, and corruption and who, in the post-Communist era, must come to terms with their complicity with Stalinism ... This is a valuable book, especially for those interested in the current thinking of the European left.
Les mer
A brilliant family saga stretching from the Russian Revolution to the collapse of the Soviet Union

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781784786939
Publisert
2016-11-29
Utgiver
Vendor
Verso Books
Vekt
284 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256

Forfatter
Ali, Tariq

Biographical note

Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics-including Pirates of the Caribbean, Bush in Babylon, The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Obama Syndrome-as well as novels including the highly acclaimed Islam Quintet. He is an editor of the New Left Review and lives in London.

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