Bronshtein in the Bronx

By: null Robert Littell

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Synopsis: A wry, thought-provoking fictional portrayal of ten pivotal weeks in the life of Leon Trotsky, inspired by the Russian revolutionary's exile in New York City in 1917, by the New York Times bestselling author of The CompanyJanuary 12, 1917: An ocean liner docks in New York Harbor. Among the disembarking emigrants is one Lev Davidovich Bronshtein—better known by his nom de guerre, Leon Trotsky. Bronshtein has been on the run for a decade, driven from his beloved Russia after escaping political exile in Siberia. He lives for—and is ready to sacrifice his life for—a workers&’ revolution, at any cost. But is he ready to become an American?In the weeks leading up to the February Revolution that will eventually see Lenin&’s Bolsheviks seize power, Bronshtein haunts the streets, newspaper offices, and socialist watering holes of New York City, wrestling with the difficult questions of his personal revolutionary ideology, his place in his own family, his relationship to Lenin, and, above all, his conscience.Master of the espionage novel Robert Littell brings to life the world-famous revolutionist&’s sojourn in the Bronx in this extraordinary meditation on purpose, passion, and the price of progress.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 208 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781641296878
Related ISBNs:: 9781641296861, 9781641297431
Publisher:: Soho Press
Date of Addition:: 01/28/25
Copyrighted By:: Robert Littell
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.