{"product_id":"2026200013637-secondhand-my-apprenticeship","title":"My Apprenticeship","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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA searing portrait of poverty, resilience, and the hunger for self-education, My Apprenticeship is the second volume of Maxim Gorky's celebrated autobiographical trilogy, chronicling his turbulent adolescence in late 19th-century Russia. Following the young Alexei Peshkov as he is thrust into a brutal world of manual labour — toiling in shoe shops, icon workshops, and on the banks of the Volga — Gorky presents a vivid, unflinching account of human cruelty and unexpected kindness at the lowest rungs of Russian society.\n\nGorky's prose carries the raw, documentary power of a man who lived every word he wrote, transforming personal suffering into a profound meditation on class, dignity, and the indomitable human spirit. Regarded as one of the founding texts of Soviet socialist realism, the trilogy stands as a cornerstone of world literature, and this volume in particular illustrates how intellectual awakening can ignite within the most crushing of circumstances. Who will the young Alexei become — and at what cost to his soul?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203392774363,"sku":"2026200013637-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/67469317-edd0-4f66-b332-c3f053ef7b25.png?v=1788148422","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013637-secondhand-my-apprenticeship","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}