{"product_id":"2026100007275-secondhand-stormy-petrel-the-life-and-work-of-maxim-gorky","title":"Stormy Petrel: The Life And Work Of Maxim Gorky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: minor tear on dj. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew writers embodied the turbulence of their age as completely as Maxim Gorky — and Stormy Petrel: The Life and Work of Maxim Gorky by Dan Levin is the definitive portrait of this extraordinary man. Born into the brutal poverty of Tsarist Russia, Gorky rose from orphan and vagabond to become the father of Soviet literature and a towering figure in world culture, his pen fuelled by rage, compassion, and an unshakeable belief in human dignity. Levin chronicles Gorky's remarkable journey with both biographical rigour and literary sensitivity, tracing the evolution of a writer whose friendships with Tolstoy and Lenin placed him at the very crossroads of art and revolution.\n\nDrawing on extensive research, Levin presents a nuanced portrait of a man perpetually caught between two worlds — the revolutionary state he helped inspire and the artistic freedom he could never fully surrender. The biography illuminates the contradictions at the heart of Gorky's genius: his fierce idealism and his painful disillusionment, his celebrated works such as The Lower Depths and Mother, and the personal sacrifices exacted by a lifetime of political engagement. Written with the authority of deep scholarship and the narrative drive of a seasoned storyteller, this is an indispensable work for anyone who wishes to understand not just Gorky, but the convulsive era that shaped him — and that he, in turn, helped to shape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130979688667,"sku":"2026100007275-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d2dc9956-8e60-4a5a-91bf-08bc8853388b.png?v=1786593475","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100007275-secondhand-stormy-petrel-the-life-and-work-of-maxim-gorky","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}