Death at the Dacha Stalin's Last Movie, a Novel |
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| Author:
| Levitt, Paul M. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4930-5059-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2020 |
| Publisher: | Globe Pequot Press, The
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| Imprint: | Lyons Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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As Stalin lies dying, this novel records his last thoughts, which he renders as a movie about the people he believes envenomed his life, namely, Lenin and certain women. (A film devotee, Stalin so loved movies that some scholars have even suggested that he governed the Soviet empire by cinematocracy, rule by cinema.) He has suffered a stroke but ......
As Stalin lies dying, this novel records his last thoughts, which he renders as a movie about the people he believes envenomed his life, namely, Lenin and certain women. (A film devotee, Stalin so loved movies that some scholars have even suggested that he governed the Soviet empire by cinematocracy, rule by cinema.) He has suffered a stroke but ......