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A dictator calls : the mystery of the Stalin-Pasternak telephone call

Kadare, Ismail2024

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Summary

'A Dictator Calls' is inspired by three minutes in June 1934 when Joseph Stalin allegedly telephoned Boris Pasternak. A gripping meditation on Soviet Russia, authoritarianism and literature, featuring a host of fascinating writers and historical figures.

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Main title:

A dictator calls : the mystery of the Stalin-Pasternak telephone call / Ismail Kadare ; translated from the Albanian by John Hodgson.

Author:

Kadare, Ismail, authorHodgson, John (Translator), translator

Imprint:

London : Vintage, 2024.

Collation:

217 pages ; 20 cm

Notes:

This translation originally published: London: Harvill Secker, 2023.

Awards:

English Pen Award

ISBN:

9781529920574 (pbk)

Dewey class:

891.9913

Language:

EnglishAlbanian

Subject:

Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- FictionPasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960 -- FictionSoviet Union -- History -- 1917-1936 -- FictionGeneral FictionUSSR, Soviet UnionLiterary studies: poetry & poetsModern & contemporary fictionHistorical fictionFiction in translation

BRN:

1469137

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