Yankees in Petrograd (häftad, eng)
Yankees in Petrograd (häftad, eng)
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When a capitalist cabal plots to assassinate Lenin, can quick-witted American workers ride to the rescue before it''s too late?a new translation.
In Yankees in Petrograd, the Russian author Marietta S. Shaginyan (writing under the American nom de plume Jim Dollar) gives us a riveting crime and espionage adventure with science fiction elementsDespite having awesome technologies such as spacetime-bending public transportation and electrical forcefields protecting Soviet Russia against its foes, the worlds first proletarian state is threatened by a fascist organization that will stop at nothingincluding kidnapping, mesmerism, and infiltrationto assassinate Vladimir Lenin and his fellow Communist leaders! Enter Mike Thingsmaster, American tradesman and leader of a secret global organization defending the interests of the proletariat, who tasks his network with foiling this nefarious plot.
Shaginyans novel, serialized in 1924 with covers decorated by Alexander Rodchenkos photomontages, proved wildly popular with the Soviet reading public, which followed its dizzying plot breathlesslySettings constantly shift and characters assume multiple identities; scenes of danger, intrigue, and melodrama are interspersed with moments of comic relief. Can Thingsmaster and his alliesincluding a robber barons scion who converts to the cause of Revolution, an alluring masked woman, a doctor investigating a disease that causes fierce anti-communists to revert to proto-human form, a chimney sweep, an intelligent dog, and the General Prosecutor of Illinoissucceed in thwarting the fascists? Youll have to read until the final chapter to find out.
A satire of the sort of thrillers then appearing in Black Mask and similar American pulps, Yankees in Petrograd is an over-the-top, pro-communist thrill ride.
In Yankees in Petrograd, the Russian author Marietta S. Shaginyan (writing under the American nom de plume Jim Dollar) gives us a riveting crime and espionage adventure with science fiction elementsDespite having awesome technologies such as spacetime-bending public transportation and electrical forcefields protecting Soviet Russia against its foes, the worlds first proletarian state is threatened by a fascist organization that will stop at nothingincluding kidnapping, mesmerism, and infiltrationto assassinate Vladimir Lenin and his fellow Communist leaders! Enter Mike Thingsmaster, American tradesman and leader of a secret global organization defending the interests of the proletariat, who tasks his network with foiling this nefarious plot.
Shaginyans novel, serialized in 1924 with covers decorated by Alexander Rodchenkos photomontages, proved wildly popular with the Soviet reading public, which followed its dizzying plot breathlesslySettings constantly shift and characters assume multiple identities; scenes of danger, intrigue, and melodrama are interspersed with moments of comic relief. Can Thingsmaster and his alliesincluding a robber barons scion who converts to the cause of Revolution, an alluring masked woman, a doctor investigating a disease that causes fierce anti-communists to revert to proto-human form, a chimney sweep, an intelligent dog, and the General Prosecutor of Illinoissucceed in thwarting the fascists? Youll have to read until the final chapter to find out.
A satire of the sort of thrillers then appearing in Black Mask and similar American pulps, Yankees in Petrograd is an over-the-top, pro-communist thrill ride.
| Format | Häftad |
| Omfång | 488 sidor |
| Språk | Engelska |
| Förlag | MIT Press Ltd |
| Utgivningsdatum | 2025-08-19 |
| ISBN | 9780262553063 |
Artikelnummer
3798051
EAN
9780262553063
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