The Novel of a Novel: Abridged Diary Entries from Moscow, 1935–1937 [Abridged] 1498546366, 9781498546362
One of the first critiques of Stalinism from within the communist movement, The Novel of a Novel is a memoir in the form
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Table of contents :
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Translator’s Introduction
Note on Conventions
I: Part I
1 By Way of Introduction
2 As If by Miracle
3 Károlyi Goes into Action, and Two Letters from Switzerland in Quick Succession
4 Comrade Arosev and the Strange Parisian Career of Optimists
5 The Journal Europe and Further Friendly Letters from Villeneuve
6 The Dream Come True
7 Idyllic Intermezzo
8 On the Way to Moscow, the Same Night on the Train
II: Part II
9 Preliminary Explanation
10 Growing Amazements, Growing Concerns
11 Béla Kun
12 The Adventures of Optimists and its Author are Just Beginning
13 The Happy Life and Gratitude
14 Gorky, Rolland, and a Word about Barbusse
III: Part III
15 Nighttime Thoughts, or Letter to My Yet Unborn Friend
16 While the Censors Write
17 My Incurable Individualism and an Unforgettable Lesson
18 In Black and White
19 “One Must Get Used to Life”
20 In a Foreign Land . . .
IV: Part IV
21 Commentary on Three Months, which are Only Summarized by the Journal
22 “Degenerate Art”
23 Comrade Bukharin Must Correct His Views
24 Andor Gábor, the New Censor of Optimists
25 André Malraux and the Marxist Encyclopedia
26 I Am Beginning to “Understand” Babel
27 The Optimists Makes Propaganda for Zinoviev
28 The Screenplay for Mosfilm
29 A Human Trait Has Been Lost
V: Part V
30 The Last But Most Eventful Part, Ending in Paris
31 Brief, Happy Excitement but “The Times Are Unfavorable”
32 The Soviet Union, Seen from the Perspective of Madame Lupescu’s Kingdom
33 “These Mad Dogs Must Be Shot”
34 Proof of the Author’s Blindness
35 Funeral
36 The Friendly Visits of Comrade Lopuhina
37 My Witness, I. E. Babel
38 “Now Nothing Can Be Known For Sure”
39 Two Years Later
40 On the Meeting of Romain Rolland with Stalin
Epilogue
Postscript
Another Postscript
Index
About the Editor and Translator
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Translator’s Introduction
Note on Conventions
I: Part I
1 By Way of Introduction
2 As If by Miracle
3 Károlyi Goes into Action, and Two Letters from Switzerland in Quick Succession
4 Comrade Arosev and the Strange Parisian Career of Optimists
5 The Journal Europe and Further Friendly Letters from Villeneuve
6 The Dream Come True
7 Idyllic Intermezzo
8 On the Way to Moscow, the Same Night on the Train
II: Part II
9 Preliminary Explanation
10 Growing Amazements, Growing Concerns
11 Béla Kun
12 The Adventures of Optimists and its Author are Just Beginning
13 The Happy Life and Gratitude
14 Gorky, Rolland, and a Word about Barbusse
III: Part III
15 Nighttime Thoughts, or Letter to My Yet Unborn Friend
16 While the Censors Write
17 My Incurable Individualism and an Unforgettable Lesson
18 In Black and White
19 “One Must Get Used to Life”
20 In a Foreign Land . . .
IV: Part IV
21 Commentary on Three Months, which are Only Summarized by the Journal
22 “Degenerate Art”
23 Comrade Bukharin Must Correct His Views
24 Andor Gábor, the New Censor of Optimists
25 André Malraux and the Marxist Encyclopedia
26 I Am Beginning to “Understand” Babel
27 The Optimists Makes Propaganda for Zinoviev
28 The Screenplay for Mosfilm
29 A Human Trait Has Been Lost
V: Part V
30 The Last But Most Eventful Part, Ending in Paris
31 Brief, Happy Excitement but “The Times Are Unfavorable”
32 The Soviet Union, Seen from the Perspective of Madame Lupescu’s Kingdom
33 “These Mad Dogs Must Be Shot”
34 Proof of the Author’s Blindness
35 Funeral
36 The Friendly Visits of Comrade Lopuhina
37 My Witness, I. E. Babel
38 “Now Nothing Can Be Known For Sure”
39 Two Years Later
40 On the Meeting of Romain Rolland with Stalin
Epilogue
Postscript
Another Postscript
Index
About the Editor and Translator
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