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Overview""She burst across the revolutionary sky like a blazing meteor, dazzling all in her path,"" Trotsky wrote. For the poet Boris Pasternak, she was Lara, the heroine of his novel Doctor Zhivago. Commissar, revolutionary fighter, espionage agent, journalist, Larisa Reisner (18951926) was a model for the 'new woman' of the Russian Revolution, and one of its most popular and brilliant writers, whose works were published in mass editions and read by millions. In this sweeping biography, Cathy Porter sets her life against the backdrop of the world-shaking events of 1917. Drawing on material recently released from the Soviet archives, Porter tells Reisner's story through the memories of those close to her, her own voluminous writings, and her six books-published for the first time together with this biography. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Cathy PorterPublisher: Haymarket Books Imprint: Haymarket Books ISBN: 9781642599992ISBN 10: 1642599999 Pages: 398 Publication Date: 17 November 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable ![]() The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsList of Figures Timeline Introduction 1 Childhood and Exile 2 Student Life 3 Poets and War 4 In Petrograd 5 Red Kronstadt 6 Bolshevik Russia 7 ‘Unforgettable 1918’ 8 Svyazhsk 9 Reds and Whites 10 From Moscow to the Caspian 11 Rabfaks and Commissars 12 Afghanistan 13 The New Culture 14 Berlin and Hamburg 15 Across Workers’ Russia 16 Seifullina and Alyosha 17 Germany and China 18 ‘How Extraordinary to Be Alive’ 19 Afterlife Appendix: Figures Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationCathy Porter studied Russian and Czech literature at London's School of Slavonic and East European Studies and Cambridge University, and has published over 20 books on Russia, including most recently, Alexandra Kollontai. Writings From the Struggle, as well as translations of the plays of Maxim Gorky and the diaries of Sofia Tolstoy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |