The Commissariat of Enlightenment: A Novel by Ken Kalfus, Ken Kalfus
The Commissariat of Enlightenment: A Novel

Ken Kalfus, Ken Kalfus

The Commissariat of Enlightenment: A Novel

Ken Kalfus, Ken Kalfus

304 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark reflective slow-paced
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It begins in 1910 in Astapovo, a remote Russian railway station, 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 ...

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