{"product_id":"2026100012119-secondhand-through-russia-a-book-of-stories","title":"Through Russia: A Book Of Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners\u003cbr\u003ePages: Some moisture damage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the brooding steppes to the cramped quarters of the urban poor, Maxim Gorky's Through Russia: A Book of Stories presents a vivid and unflinching portrait of pre-revolutionary Russian life, capturing the restless souls, wanderers, and outcasts who populate the margins of a vast and turbulent empire. This celebrated short story collection chronicles a gallery of profoundly human characters — peasants, pilgrims, and dreamers — each rendered with Gorky's signature blend of raw compassion and unsentimental clarity, immersing the reader in a world teetering on the edge of seismic social change.\n\nGorky, widely regarded as the father of Soviet literature and a master of Russian realism, writes with a moral urgency that transforms intimate vignettes into sweeping meditations on poverty, dignity, and the indomitable human spirit. His prose, at once lyrical and stark, carries the weight of lived experience — Gorky himself emerged from the very underclass he so powerfully depicts. With an introduction by A. B. McMillin and original illustrations by Lola Fielding, this Heron Books edition is a beautifully crafted volume that invites the reader to ask: what does it truly mean to endure?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51070622138587,"sku":"2026100012119-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/10272a20-cc70-4cc8-bc0a-2d44c3c35547.png?v=1794188103","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012119-secondhand-through-russia-a-book-of-stories","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}