The Commissariat of Enlightenment

出版者:Ecco

作者:Ken Kalfus

页数:304

出版时间:2003-1

价格:USD 24.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780060501365

<p>With this remarkable debut novel， Ken Kalfus gives us a stunning triumph of invention -- an epic story about the death of two Russian visionaries， the life of a radical antihero， and the birth of a new kind of power. <br />

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<p>It begins in 1910 in Astapovo， a remote Russian railwaystation， where Leo Tolstoy lies dying of pneumonia. 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 young assistant， Nikolai Gribshin， is capturing the extraordinary scene and learning how to wield a camera as a political tool. At this historic moment he comes across two men -- the scientist， Professor Vorobev， and the rev</p>