My Childhood by Maxim Gorky (English) Paperback Book

Description: My Childhood by Maxim Gorky, Ronald Wilks Coloured by poverty and horrifying brutality, Gorkys childhood equipped him to understand - in a way denied to a Tolstoy or a Turgenev - the life of the ordinary Russian. This volume of an autobiographical trilogy, was in part an act of exorcism. It describes a life begun in the raw, remembered with charm and poignancy and without bitterness. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Coloured by poverty and horrifying brutality, Gorkys childhood equipped him to understand - in a way denied to a Tolstoy or a Turgenev - the life of the ordinary Russian. After his father, a paperhanger and upholsterer, died of cholera, five-year-old Gorky was taken to live with his grandfather, a polecat-faced tyrant who would regularly beat him unconscious, and with his grandmother, a tender mountain of a woman and a wonderful storyteller, who would kneel beside their bed (with Gorky inside it pretending to be asleep) and give God her views on the days happenings, down to the last fascinating details. She was, in fact, Gorkys closest friend and the epic heroine of a book swarming with characters and with the sensations of a curious and often frightened little boy. My Childhood, the first volume of Gorkys autobiographical trilogy, was in part an act of exorcism. It describes a life begun in the raw, remembered with extraordinary charm and poignancy and without bitterness. Of all Gorkys books this is the one that made him the father of Russian literature. Author Biography Maxim Gorky was born in 1868 in Nizhny Novgorod. After a grim childhood and some years of wandering he began to write stories and by his thirties had become famous both for fiction and plays. He became involved in revolutionary activity against the tsarist regime in Russia and had a confused, difficult relationship with the Soviet dictatorship, partly living abroad and yet becoming the USSRs most feted and widely read author. He died in 1936 under suspicious circumstances and Stalin and Molotov were among the bearers of his coffin. Details ISBN0140182853 Author Ronald Wilks Pages 240 Language English Translator Ronald Wilks ISBN-10 0140182853 ISBN-13 9780140182859 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Russian Edition 1st Birth 1868 Death 1936 Residence RUR Short Title MY CHILDHOOD REV/E Edition Description Revised DOI 10.1604/9780140182859 UK Release Date 1990-09-27 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Series Penguin Modern Classics Year 1990 Publication Date 1990-09-27 Alternative 9780141960753 DEWEY 891.78309 Audience General NZ Release Date 1990-09-26 AU Release Date 1990-09-26 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:627203;

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