Who Can Be Happy And Free In Russia?
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of Russian literature, Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia? is an epic narrative poem that chronicles the wanderings of seven peasants across nineteenth-century Russia as they search for a truly happy and free man among the tsar, the landlord, the priest, the merchant, and the tsar's minister. Written by Nikolai Nekrasov over a period of nearly two decades, the poem presents a sweeping and unflinching portrait of Russian society in the aftermath of the 1861 emancipation of the serfs, exposing the continued suffering and hardship endured by the common people. Translated by Juliet M. Soskice with an introduction by Dr. David Soskice, this edition makes the work accessible to English-speaking readers while preserving the raw, satirical power of the original. The work stands as one of the most socially and politically charged poems in the Russian literary canon, arguing with fierce moral clarity that freedom on paper does not equal freedom in life.
Author: Nicholas Nekrassov
Format: Hardback
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of Russian literature, Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia? is an epic narrative poem that chronicles the wanderings of seven peasants across nineteenth-century Russia as they search for a truly happy and free man among the tsar, the landlord, the priest, the merchant, and the tsar's minister. Written by Nikolai Nekrasov over a period of nearly two decades, the poem presents a sweeping and unflinching portrait of Russian society in the aftermath of the 1861 emancipation of the serfs, exposing the continued suffering and hardship endured by the common people. Translated by Juliet M. Soskice with an introduction by Dr. David Soskice, this edition makes the work accessible to English-speaking readers while preserving the raw, satirical power of the original. The work stands as one of the most socially and politically charged poems in the Russian literary canon, arguing with fierce moral clarity that freedom on paper does not equal freedom in life.