Stalin's Scribe: Literature, Ambition, and Survival: The Life of Mikhail Sholokhov

by Brian J. Boech

Book Overview

Mikhail Sholokhov is arguable one of the most contentious recipients of the Nobel Prize in Literature. As a young man, Sholokhov's epic novel, Quiet Don, became an unprecedented overnight success.

Stalin's Scribe is the first biography of a man who was once one of the Soviet Union's most prominent political figures. Thanks to the opening of Russia's archives, Brian Boeck discovers that Sholokhov's official Soviet biography is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681778742
• ISBN13: 9781681778747
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"