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The Archivist's Story - Travis Holland

The Archivist's Story

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Buch | Softcover
256 Seiten
2007 | Export ed
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7475-9225-9 (ISBN)
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Set in Moscow, 1939 in the Lubyanka prison, a young archivist is sent to verify the authorship of an unfinished story, confiscated from one of the many political prisoners there. The writer is Isaac Babel. This is a story of suspicion, courage and unexpected grace, and a tribute to the enduring power of the written word.
Moscow, 1939. In the recesses of the infamous Lubyanka prison, a young archivist is sent to verify the authorship of an unfinished story, confiscated from one of the many political prisoners there. The writer is Isaac Babel. The great author of "Red Cavalry" is spending his last days forbidden to write, his final works consigned to the archivist, Pavel Dubrov - who will ultimately be charged with destroying them. Pavel, a former schoolmaster and a lover of literature, a reluctant minion in Stalin's system, makes a reckless decision: he will save the last stories of the writer he admires, whatever the cost. Pavel's daring in the face of a vast bureaucracy of evil invigorates a life that had slowly lost its meaning, even as it guarantees his almost certain undoing. This is a story of suspicion, courage and unexpected grace, "The Archivist's Story" is ultimately a tribute to the enduring power of the written word.

Travis Holland has an MFA from the University of Michigan, where he was twice awarded the Avery and Jule Hopwood Award as well as the Meijer Award. His stories have appeared in Ploughshares, Glimmer Train and Five Points. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This is his first novel.

Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 135 x 216 mm
Einbandart Paperback
Themenwelt Literatur Romane / Erzählungen
Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10 0-7475-9225-X / 074759225X
ISBN-13 978-0-7475-9225-9 / 9780747592259
Zustand Neuware
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