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Stalin´s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
Rosemary Sullivan
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Description for Stalin´s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
Paperback. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; BG; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 510.
`Compassionate and compelling, this is not a political story but a quest for love in the heart of darkness' Simon Sebag Montefiore `A biography on an epic scale, with a combination of tragedy and history worthy of a Russian novel' Independent `Superbly well told' Sunday Times Who was Svetlana Alliluyeva? A little girl, her father's only daughter, his little sparrow ; instructed to bury her secrets in her heart by her mother, who shot herself soon after. An observer as her relatives were mercilessly ... Read more
`Compassionate and compelling, this is not a political story but a quest for love in the heart of darkness' Simon Sebag Montefiore `A biography on an epic scale, with a combination of tragedy and history worthy of a Russian novel' Independent `Superbly well told' Sunday Times Who was Svetlana Alliluyeva? A little girl, her father's only daughter, his little sparrow ; instructed to bury her secrets in her heart by her mother, who shot herself soon after. An observer as her relatives were mercilessly ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
624
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007491131
SKU
V9780007491131
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Ref
99-14
About Rosemary Sullivan
Rosemary Sullivan has written poetry, short fiction, biography, literary criticism, reviews and articles. Her recent books include the critically acclaimed Villa Air-Bel and Labyrinth of Desire. She is a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, and has been awarded Guggenheim, Camargo, and Trudeau Fellowships. She is a recipient of the Lorne Pierce Medal awarded by the Royal Society of ... Read more
Reviews for Stalin´s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
`A tremendously exciting and stimulating biography ... Never have I read a biography that reminded my more of a picaresque novel, with its heroine bouncing like a pinball from one location to another, from one bizarre situation to another ... Her life may have been a mess, but this masterful biography shows that it was her mess, and a magnificent ... Read more