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| Title | : | The White Guard |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.20 (610 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 161219365X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-13 |
| Language | : | English |
It is set in Kiev during the Russian revolution and tells a story about the war's effect on a middle-class family (not workers). It was, however, well-loved, and the novel was turned into a successful play at the time of its publication in 1967. . The story was not politically correct and thereby contributed to Bulgakov's lifelong troubles with the Soviet authorities. The White Guard is less famous than Mikhail Bulgakov's comic hit, The Master and Margarita, but it is a lovely book, though completely different in tone
Readers with an interest in Russian literature, culture, or history will welcome this superb translation of Bulgakov's important early work. "White Guard," Mikhail Bulgakov's semi-autobiographical first novel, is the story of the Turbin family in Kiev in 1918. He confronts the reader with the bewildering cruelty that ripped Russian life apart at the beginning of the last century as well as with the extraordinary ways in which the Turbins preserved their humanity. She includes the famous dream sequence, omitted in previous translations, and beautifully solves the stylistic issues raised by Bulgakov's ornamental prose. In the context of this family's personal loss and the social turmoil surrounding them, Bulgakov creates a brilliant picture of the existential crises brought about by the revolution and the loss of social, moral, and political certainties. In this volume Marian Schwartz, a leading translator, offers the first complete and accurate translation of the definitive original text of Bulgakov's novel. Alexei, Elena, and Nikolka Turbin
Excellent view of White Russian city in the midst of I have been looking for a copy of Bulgakov's "The White Guard" since I visited his home, No. 13, on the street descending to the Lavra in Kiev, when I visited the city in 1999. Finally took the time to purchase a copy after reading the article about Bulgakov in "Russian Life" magazine, May/June 2016, pp. 30-36. Excellent view of White Russian city in the midst of the Ukraine.. algugel said Visionary literatural debut of former doctor Bulgakov. "White guard"is a requiem to the whole generation of russian intellectuals,noblemen and simply honest people,which were almost completely whipped out in a terrible years of Civil War,and at the same time that novel is a hymn of true humanity,"White Guard"like its great predecessors-"War and Peace","Dead Souls"and "Crime and Punishment" follows the most important tradition of The Great Russian Literature - Humanistic.. P.K. Ryan said Great and terrible was the year of Our Lord 1918. This was an excellent Russian novel set in 1918 Kiev. It follows the Turbins, a Tsarist middle class family in hiding. It is the end of WWI, and the Bolshevik Revolution is taking hold in Moscow. As loyalists to the Russian crown, the Turbins and friends are on the run from not only the Bolsheviks, but also the fierce Ukranian nationalist movement which is equally threatening. In fact, the Bolsheviks are still far away at Moscow, while the nationalists are much closer to home, and t
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