A dictator calls : a novel
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Hodgson, John, 1951- translator.
Published
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2023.
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Published
Berkeley, California : Counterpoint, 2023.
Format
Book
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230 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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"In June 1934, Stalin allegedly called Boris Pasternak and they spoke about the arrest of Osip Mandelstam. A telephone call from the dictator was not something necessarily relished, and in the complicated world of literary politics it would have provided opportunities for potential misunderstanding and profound trouble. But this was a call one could not ignore. Stalin wanted to know what Pasternak thought of the idea that Mandelstam had been arrested. Ismail Kadare explores the afterlife of this phone call using accounts of witnesses, reporters, writers such as Isaiah Berlin and Anna Akhmatova, wives, mistresses, biographers, and even archivists of the KGB. The results offer a meditation on power and political structure, and how literature and authoritarianism construct themselves in plain sight of one another. Kadare's reconstruction becomes a gripping mystery, as if true crime is being presented in mosaic"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kadare, I., & Hodgson, J. (2023). A dictator calls: a novel (First Counterpoint paperback edition.). Counterpoint.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kadare, Ismail and John Hodgson. 2023. A Dictator Calls: A Novel. Counterpoint.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kadare, Ismail and John Hodgson. A Dictator Calls: A Novel Counterpoint, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kadare, Ismail,, and John Hodgson. A Dictator Calls: A Novel First Counterpoint paperback edition., Counterpoint, 2023.
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