| The Golovlyov Family: Shchedrin Contributor(s): Shchedrin (Author), Wood, James (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0940322579 ISBN-13: 9780940322578 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2001 Annotation: Searingly hot in the summer, bitterly cold in the winter, the ancestral estate of the Golovlyov family is the end of the road. There Anna Petrovna rules with an iron hand over her servants and family-until she loses power to the relentless scheming of her hypocritical son Judas. One of the great books of Russian literature," The Golovlyov Family" is a vivid picture of a condemned and isolated outpost of civilization that, for contemporary readers, will recall the otherwordly reality of Macondo in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Literary Criticism | Russian & Former Soviet Union - Fiction | Sagas |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00010981 |
| Series: New York Review Books Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 5" W x 8.01" (0.79 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Searingly hot in the summer, bitterly cold in the winter, the ancestral estate of the Golovlyov family is the end of the road. There Anna Petrovna rules with an iron hand over her servants and family-until she loses power to the relentless scheming of her hypocritical son Judas. One of the great books of Russian literature, The Golovlyov Family is a vivid picture of a condemned and isolated outpost of civilization that, for contemporary readers, will recall the otherwordly reality of Macondo in Gabriel Garc a M rquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. |