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August 1919-February 1920. The Red Army is making its final, triumphant surge across the tortured remains of the old Russian Empire. For the defiantly apolitical artists and aesthetes at the heart ofDevil's Midnight, it is a time of disruption and apocalypse, their lives pulled between narrow escapes, desperate intimacy, and horrific violence. There's Alexey Lebedev, the son of a celebrated -Russian painter recently martyred by the Bolsheviks, who is driven deep into the conflict by a dizzying spiral of chance encounters and impulsive decisions. There's Colonel Yuri Skatchko, a former stage director who has abandoned the theater to serve as the brave but reckless commander of "Our Homeland," a battered ammunition train that comes to represent, both symbolically and literally, the last hope of the White resistance. Andthere's the glamorous and seductive Nata Tai, the former queen of Russian cinema, who is busy waging her own private war with the ruthless remnants of a notorious satanic cabal. Kapralov depicts the desperate struggles of his characters--Yuri's stubborn military resistance, Nata's fanatical commitment to guard the mysterious powers of a sacred meteorite and Alexey's struggles simply to survive--with a perfect balance of intensity and nonchalance. In the end, the conflicts, both personal and political, converge toward a final showdown in the frozen shadows of the Caucasus, with Russia herself surviving as the novel's real hero, a placeof darkness and mystery and hope. Yuri Kapralov was born in the Caucasus and has lived in New York's East Village since 1965. He is the author ofCastle Dubrava (Dutton, 1982), a vampire novel, andOnce There Was a Village(Akashic Books, 1998), a memoir of his experiences in the East Village in the late 1960s. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
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Author: Yuri Kapralov
Published By: Akashic Books
Age Recommended: 18+
Reviewed By: Kitty Bullard
Raven Rating: 4.5
Review: This is quite a story, based on the Russian Civil War in 1919 to 1920. The entire book follows the lives of a few of the citizens during this time relating the horrors they faced and the hardships they dealt with.
“Devil’s Midnight” is a very well-written and intriguing account by the now deceased author, Yuri Kapalov. This is a novel that is hard to put down and equally hard to read due to some graphic plots and narratives. ( )