| Journey Into the Whirlwind Contributor(s): Ginzburg, Eugenia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156027518 ISBN-13: 9780156027519 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2002 Annotation: Both witness to and victim of Stalin's reign of terror, a courageous woman tells the story of her harrowing eighteen-year odyssey through Russia's prisons and labor camps. Translated by Paul Stevenson and Max Hayward. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 74016406 |
| Series: Helen and Kurt Wolff Books |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.75 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Eugenia Ginzburg's critically acclaimed memoir of the harrowing eighteen years she spent in prisons and labor camps under Stalin's rule
By the late 1930s, Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg had been a loyal and very active member of the Communist Party for many years. Yet like millions of others who suffered during Stalin's reign of terror, she was arrested--on trumped-up charges of being a Trotskyist terrorist and counter-revolutionary--and sentenced to prison. With an amazing eye for detail, profound strength, and an indefatigable spirit, Ginzburg recounts the years, days, and minutes she endured in prisons and labor camps, including two years of solitary confinement. A classic account of survival, Journey into the Whirlwind is considered one of the most important documents of Stalin's regime. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ginzburg, Eugenia: - By the late 1930s, Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg (1896-1977) had been a loyal and very active member of the Communist Party for many years. Yet like the millions of others who suffered during Stalin's reign of terror, she was arrested (on trumped-up charges of being a Trotskyist terrorist counter-revolutionary) and sentenced to prison. With an amazing eye for detail and profound strength and an indefatigable spirit, Ginzburg recounts the years, days, and minutes she endured in prisons and labor camps, including two years of solitary confinement. |