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Victor Serge: A Biography

By Susan Weissman

Book information

Publisher
Verso
Year
2013
ISBN
1844678873, 9781844678877
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11756264 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
368\591
Time added
2022-01-02 02:56:42

Description

Revolutionary novelist, historian, anarchist, Bolshevik and dissident—Victor Serge is one of the most compelling figures of Soviet history. Set against some of the momentous events of the twentieth century, Victor Serge reveals dauntless vigor of a man whose views often reflect the struggles of our own time. About the Author Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents List of illustrations Preface to the Paperback eBook edition Preface Acknowledgments Epigraph Part I: In the orbit of revolution Introduction 1: In the service of the Revolution: 1917–21 2: Blockaded in Berlin; neutralized in Vienna; and into the Soviet fray 3: Back in the USSR – the Left Opposition struggles 1926–28 4: Stalinization 1928–33: the bureaucratic counter-revolution, solitary struggles in precarious freedom 5: Orenburg 1933–36, interrogation and deportation: digging the graves of the Revolution Part II: Another exile and two more: the final years Introduction 6: Out of Russia, cornered in Europe 7: From Paris to Marseilles, Marseilles to Mexico: the long, last journey from nightmare to refuge 8: From Mexico, whither the USSR, the world? Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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