发表于2024-12-25
The Commissariat of Enlightenment 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
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<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>
The Commissariat of Enlightenment 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书