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Natasha´s Dance: A Cultural History of Russia
Orlando Figes
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Description for Natasha´s Dance: A Cultural History of Russia
paperback. A history of Russia's mighty culture. It covers the lives of those who have shaped its culture, and the enduring spirit of a people. Num Pages: 768 pages, 32pp colour illustrations, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AB; HBJD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 33. Weight in Grams: 552.
From the award-winning author of The Whisperers, Orlando Figes Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia is a dazzling history of Russia's mighty culture. Orlando Figes' enthralling, richly evocative history has been heralded as a literary masterpiece on Russia, the lives of those who have shaped its culture, and the enduring spirit of a people. 'Wonderfully rich ... magnificent and compelling ... a delight to read' Antony Beevor 'A tour de force by the great storyteller of modern Russian historians ... Figes ... Read more
From the award-winning author of The Whisperers, Orlando Figes Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia is a dazzling history of Russia's mighty culture. Orlando Figes' enthralling, richly evocative history has been heralded as a literary masterpiece on Russia, the lives of those who have shaped its culture, and the enduring spirit of a people. 'Wonderfully rich ... magnificent and compelling ... a delight to read' Antony Beevor 'A tour de force by the great storyteller of modern Russian historians ... Figes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
768
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140297966
SKU
9780140297966
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About Orlando Figes
Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. His last book, A PEOPLE'S TRAGEDY (Cape 1996), won the NCR Book Award, the Wolfson History Prize, the Longman/History Today Book of the Year Award and the WH Smith Literary Award. He lives in Cambridge.
Reviews for Natasha´s Dance: A Cultural History of Russia
Scintillating. . .an exceptional history of Russian culture and a joy to read.
San Francisco Chronicle Stunning and ambitious. . .Figes captures nothing less than Russians' complex and protean notions regarding their national identity.
The Atlantic Monthly Staggering. . .A vivid, entertaining, and enlightening account of what it has meant to be ... Read more
San Francisco Chronicle Stunning and ambitious. . .Figes captures nothing less than Russians' complex and protean notions regarding their national identity.
The Atlantic Monthly Staggering. . .A vivid, entertaining, and enlightening account of what it has meant to be ... Read more