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11%OFFChina Miéville - October: The Story of the Russian Revolution - 9781784782771 - V9781784782771
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October: The Story of the Russian Revolution

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Description for October: The Story of the Russian Revolution Hardback. Acclaimed fantasy author China Mieville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside down Num Pages: 384 pages, 8pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 567.
Award-winning writer China Mieville has long been inspired by the ideals of the Russian Revolution and here, on the centenary of the revolution, he provides his own distinctive take on its history. In February 1917, in the midst of bloody war, Russia was still an autocratic monarchy: nine months later, it became the first socialist state in world history. How did this unimaginable transformation take place? How was a ravaged and backward country, swept up in a desperately unpopular war, rocked by not one but two revolutions? This is the story of the extraordinary months between those upheavals, in February ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784782771
SKU
V9781784782771
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About China Miéville
China Mieville is the multi-award-winning author of many works of fiction and non-fiction. His fiction includes The City & The City, Embassytown and This Census-Taker, and has won the Hugo, World Fantasy and Arthur C Clarke Awards; his non-fiction includes the photo-illustrated essay London's Overthrow, and Between Equal Rights: A Marxist Theory of International Law. He has a PhD in ... Read more

Reviews for October: The Story of the Russian Revolution
Named One of the Best Books of the Year by Publishers Weekly Even when he is orbiting somewhere in a galaxy too far away for normal human comprehension ... Mieville is dazzling. - New York Times Mieville's wit dazzles, his humour is lively, and the pure vitality of his imagination is astonishing. - Ursula K. Le Guin ... Read more

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