Lenin in Zurich
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: The dust jacket is in very good condition with minimal shelf wear. Internal pages are clean and the binding remains firm. Previous owner on FEP top right corner (blacked out)
Witness a masterful psychological portrait of a revolutionary on the brink of changing the world forever. In Lenin in Zurich, Nobel laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn focuses his formidable literary lens on Vladimir Ilyich Lenin during his final years of exile in Switzerland. Composed of chapters omitted from his epic The Red Wheel cycle, the novel captures Lenin in a moment of profound frustration and isolation, unaware that the spark of the Russian Revolution is about to ignite. Solzhenitsyn moves away from grand battlefield vistas to explore the internal landscape of power, obsession, and political calculation. The narrative provides an intimate, often scathing look at the intellectual machinery of the Bolshevik leader as he navigates the complex web of European socialist politics and his own restless ambitions. This work is a brilliant fusion of historical research and creative insight, offering a compelling study of the man whose ideas would redefine the 20th century.
Author: Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Format: Hardback
Published: 1976, The Bodley Head
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: The dust jacket is in very good condition with minimal shelf wear. Internal pages are clean and the binding remains firm. Previous owner on FEP top right corner (blacked out)
Witness a masterful psychological portrait of a revolutionary on the brink of changing the world forever. In Lenin in Zurich, Nobel laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn focuses his formidable literary lens on Vladimir Ilyich Lenin during his final years of exile in Switzerland. Composed of chapters omitted from his epic The Red Wheel cycle, the novel captures Lenin in a moment of profound frustration and isolation, unaware that the spark of the Russian Revolution is about to ignite. Solzhenitsyn moves away from grand battlefield vistas to explore the internal landscape of power, obsession, and political calculation. The narrative provides an intimate, often scathing look at the intellectual machinery of the Bolshevik leader as he navigates the complex web of European socialist politics and his own restless ambitions. This work is a brilliant fusion of historical research and creative insight, offering a compelling study of the man whose ideas would redefine the 20th century.