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020 _a9781524748012
_qhard cover : alk. paper
020 _a1524748013
_qhard cover : alk. paper
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050 4 _aPG2996
_b.W54 2019
100 1 _aWheeler, Sara,
245 1 0 _aMud and stars :
_btravels in Russia with Pushkin, Tolstoy, and other geniuses of the Golden Age /
_cSara Wheeler.
260 _aNew York :
_bPantheon Books,
_c2019.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bPantheon Books,
_c2019.
300 _axv, 287 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe people stay silent -- A heart's journey -- The heart within the tomb -- I am yours in heart -- We all come out from under Gogol's overcoat -- We shall rest -- The lady Macbeth of Mtsensk -- The poetry of procrastination -- Deep-sea fish -- Envoi.
520 _aWith the writers of the Golden Age as her guides-Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gogol, and Turgenev, among others-Sara Wheeler searches for a Russia not in the news, traveling from rinsed northwestern beet fields and the Far Eastern Arctic tundra to the cauldron of nation­alities, religions, and languages in the Caucasus. Bypassing major cities as much as possible, she goes instead to the places associated with the country's literary masters. With her, we see the fabled Trigorskoye (three hills) estate that Pushkin frequented during his exile, now preserved in his honor. We look for Dostoevsky along the waters of Lake Ilmen, site of the only house the restless writer ever owned. We pay tribute to the single stone that remains of Tolstoy's birthplace. Wheeler weaves these writers' lives and works around their historical homes, giving us rich portraits of the many diverse Russias from which these writers spoke. As she travels, Wheeler follows local guides, boards with families in modest homestays, eats roe and pelmeni and cabbage soup, invokes recipes from Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking, learns the language, and observes the pattern of outcry and silence that characterizes life under Vladimir Putin. Illustrated with both historical images and contemporary snapshots of the people and places that shaped her journey, Mud and Stars gives us timely, witty, and deeply personal insights into Russia, then and now.
600 1 0 _aPushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich,
_d1799-1837
_xHomes and haunts.
600 1 0 _aGogolʹ, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich,
_d1809-1852
_xHomes and haunts.
600 1 0 _aTolstoy, Leo,
_cgraf,
_d1828-1910
_xHomes and haunts.
600 1 0 _aTurgenev, Ivan Sergeevich,
_d1818-1883
_xHomes and haunts.
650 0 _aLiterary landmarks
_zRussia (Federation)
650 0 _aAuthors, Russian
_y19th century
_vBiography.
650 0 _aRussian literature
_y19th century
_xHistory and criticism.
651 0 _aRussia (Federation)
_xDescription and travel.
655 7 _aBiographies.
_2lcgft.
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