1917: Stories and Poems from the Russian Revolution

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1917: Stories and Poems from the Russian Revolution is a collection of literary responses to one of the most cataclysmic events in modern world history. These expose the immense conflictedness and doubt, conviction and hope, pessimism and optimism which political events provoked among contemporary writers - sometimes at the same time, even in the same person. This dazzling panorama of thought, language and form includes work by authors who are already well known to the English- speaking world (Bulgakov, Pasternak, Akhmatova, Mayakovsky), as well as others, less well known, whose work we have the pleasure of encountering here for the very first time in English.

Edited by Boris Dralyuk, the acclaimed translator of Isaac Babel's Red Cavalry and Odessa Stories (also published by Pushkin Press), 1917 is an anthology for everyone: those who are coming to Russian literature for the first time, those who are already experienced students of it, and those who simply want to know how it felt to live through this extreme period in history.

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A captivating collection of poetry and prose from the revolutionary year China Mieville [A] broad and erudite collection Financial Times This is great writing Jewish Renaissance A brilliant new anthology -- Phoebe Taplin Russia Beyond the Headlines Expertly collected by Boris Dralyuk... 1917 was an entirely absorbing, moving and exceptional read Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings (blog) Dralyuk has assembled a high-pressure book of crisis writings by authors caught strutting as actors on the world stage Times Literary Supplement The fluidity of thought among Russian writers between February 1917 and late 1919... [provides an] insight into the ebb and flow of literary debate The Scottish Review One of the real gems among the centenary books... Boris Dralyuk assembles a potent blend of novelty, utopianism and eschatology Spectator

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Boris Dralyuk, the Editor of 1917, is an award-winning translator of several volumes of poetry and prose from Russian and Polish, and co-editor of the Penguin Book of Russian Poetry. His critically acclaimed translation of Isaac Babel's Red Cavalry, and his new translation of Babel's Odessa Stories, are also published by Pushkin Press.