Russka : the novel of Russia
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Cedar Falls Public Library - Adult Fiction
RUTHERFURD
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RUTHERFURD
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viii, 760 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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The primary storyline that emerges depicts three rival families who have ties in the quintessential village of Russka: the Bobrovs, gentried noblemen; the cunning Suvorins who amass great wealth as merchants and industrialists; and their distant relations the Romanovs, peasant farmers-cum-revolutionaries. Through the intricacies of marriage, accidents of birth, and other twists and turns of fate, the ancestors and descendants of these proud people move from one century to the next, turning up as warring Alans, barbarous Tatars, bloodthirsty Cossacks, and eventually the more familiar Socialists, Bolsheviks, and Marxists. Rutherfurd's immense canvas allows a fictional cast in the hundreds to populate the same world as Genghis Khan, Ivan the Terrible, Catherine the Great, Tolstoy, Voltaire, Pushkin, Lenin, Stalin, Shevchenko, Rasputin, etc., as they grapple with catastrophic events--such as ritual self-immolation, torture by knouting, cholera, and the pogroms. Rutherfurd's opus extraordinaire may captivate readers of the genre as well as serious history buffs.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rutherfurd, E. (1991). Russka: the novel of Russia (First edition.). Crown Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rutherfurd, Edward. 1991. Russka: The Novel of Russia. Crown Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rutherfurd, Edward. Russka: The Novel of Russia Crown Publishers, 1991.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rutherfurd, Edward. Russka: The Novel of Russia First edition., Crown Publishers, 1991.
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