Author : Ken Kalfus
Release : 2004-02-03
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 391/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis The Commissariat of Enlightenment by : Ken Kalfus
Download or read book The Commissariat of Enlightenment written by Ken Kalfus. This book was released on 2004-02-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russia, 1910. Leo Tolstoy lies dying in Astapovo, a remote railway station. Members of the press from around the world have descended upon this sleepy hamlet to record his passing for a public suddenly ravenous for celebrity news. They have been joined by a film company whose cinematographer, Nikolai Gribshin, is capturing the extraordinary scene and learning how to wield his camera as a political tool. At this historic moment he comes across two men -- the scientist, Professor Vorobev, and the revolutionist, Joseph Stalin -- who have radical, mysterious plans for the future. Soon they will accompany him on a long, cold march through an era of brutality and absurdity. The Commissariat of Enlightenment is a mesmerizing novel of ideas that brilliantly links the tragedy and comedy of the Russian Revolution with the global empire of images that occupies our imaginations today.