Vladimir M.

Littell, Robert

ISBN 10 : 0715652664 ISBN 13 : 9780715652664

Editeur : Duckworth Overlook, 2018

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A brilliant portrayal of the life of Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky in 'a book where emotion vies with intelligence and powerful writing' Le Parisien

Moscow, March 1953: As Stalin breathes his last, four women meet in Room 408 of the luxurious hotel Metropol. They have gathered to reminisce about the great poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, whose work they once inspired. Following his mysterious suicide twenty-five years earlier, he was canonised by Stalin but in life he was a far more complicated man, violently torn between art and politics. As his muses piece together their conflicting memories of the man, a portrait of the artist as a tormented young idealist emerges, revealing him as a sexual obsessive caught in the eye of history's storm, struggling to hold on to his ideals in the face of a revolution betrayed.

In Vladimir M., bestselling author Robert Littell creates a provocative cocktail of fiction and reality, bringing to life the tumultuous Stalinist era and the disaster it spelt for the artists it ensnared.

Revue de presse :

'Mayakovsky is both everything and nothing: a rebel, a lickpittle and a lover...' TLS

'A vivid portrait ... rich in dark imagery and razor-sharp dialogue' Kirkus

'A complex but rewarding novel' --Publishers Weekly

'A ribald, gossipy novel' --Wall Street Journal

`Ambitious and tumultuous... Robert Littell signs a homage that is vibrant and sensual, where creative excesses existed alongside human genius' --Lundi Library (France)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Duckworth Overlook
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0715652664
• ISBN 13: 9780715652664
• Reliure: Livre broché
• Nombre de pages: 256