Red Bread

by Maurice Hindus

Book Overview

First published in 1931 and long out of print, Red Bread is Russian-born journalist Maurice Hindus's account of his return to his native village in 1929-30 to see for himself how Stalin's collectivization campaign was transforming the lives of the peasants among whom he had grown up in prerevolutionary times. This warm and human narrative conveys in personal and immediate terms his peasant neighbors' responses to being forced out of a centuries-old...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253204852
• ISBN13: 9780253204851
• Release Date: December 1988
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A very interesting and informative book.

This book was required reading for my History of Russia- The Stalin Years class. As I began to read this book, I began to feel for the people and all the pain and terror that they were experiencing. This book shows the true horror of the time and reminds us that this is a time that we never wish to be part of or experience ever again.