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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
China Mieville is one of my favorite authors, but up until now I've only read his fiction - his weird, dark, urban Lovecraftian fantasy that your brain just feasts on in books like "Perdido Street Station." Left-wing ideas are present in his fiction (the scene of a state militia storming and breaking a dock strike is one of the most vivid sequences in "Perdido," and that book has spiders that eat dreams) and he seems preternaturally obsessed with the idea of the city, from the sprawling metropolis of New Crubozon to the floating pirate city of "The Scar" to the intertwined and independent shadow cities of "The City & the City." Those elements come together in this nonfiction account of the Russian Revolution. I've gotten really interested in reading about the revolution on its 100th anniversary this year, and Mieville's narrative (told in real time, from February to October 1917) makes that brief shining moment come alive.
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3 αστρακια γιατι, ενω το παει μια χαρα, στον επιλογο αυτα που γραφει για την ΕΣΣΔ και τον Σταλιν ειναι σαν να τα εγραψε 20χρονος εακκιτης για εφημεριδακι σχηματος.
This is a really wonderful account of the Russian Revolution. Miéville's use of language is glorious and his sense of the import of events unfolding is told masterfully. If you want to know the nitty-gritty of what happened in the year 1917 in Russia, precisely how the revolution unfolded, this is a terrific book to read. At times the granular details can be a bit too much minutiae, but overall it's a captivating read.
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
informative
reflective
slow-paced
fittingly, this, in parts, reads like a Russian comedy,
but there are few more impressive moments in history.
beautiful introduction, now I need to know the rest of the story.
but there are few more impressive moments in history.
beautiful introduction, now I need to know the rest of the story.
dark
informative
slow-paced
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Didn't have enough background knowledge to grasp all information - wasn't immersed enough to continue