The novel of a novel : abridged diary entries from Moscow, 1935-1937 /: abridged diary entries from Moscow, 1935-1937. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ervin Sinkó ; edited and translated by George Deák.
• Authors: Sinkó, Ervin
• Editors: Deák, George
• Other Names: Deák, George translator.
• Contents: Translator’s Introduction: Ervin Sinkó and the Dilemmas of an Optimist, <span style="font-style:italic;">George Deák ; Acknowledgments ; Note on Conventions ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part I ; Chapter 1: By Way of Introduction ; Chapter 2: As if By Miracle ; Chapter 3: Károlyi Goes into Action, and Two Letters from Switzerland in Quick Succession ; Chapter 4: Comrade Arosev and the Strange Parisian Career of <span style="font-style:italic;">Optimists ; Chapter 5: The Journal <span style="font-style:italic;">Europe and Further Friendly Letters from Villeneuve ; Chapter 6: The Dream Come True: On The Way to Moscow ; Chapter 7: Idyllic Intermezzo: From Rouen to Leningrad ; Chapter 8: On the Way to Moscow, The Same Night on the Train ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part II ; Chapter 9: Preliminary Explanation ; Chapter 10: Growing Amazements, Growing Concerns ; Chapter 11: Béla Kun ; Chapter 12: The Adventures of <span style="font-style:italic;">Optimists and of its Author are Just Beginning ; Chapter 13: The Happy Life and Gratitude ; Chapter 14: Gorky, Rolland, and a Word about Barbusse ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part III ; Chapter 15: Nighttime Thoughts, or Letter to My Yet Unborn Friend ; Chapter 16: While the Censors Write ; Chapter 17: My Incurable Individualism and an Unforgettable Lesson ; Chapter 18: In Black and White ; Chapter 19: “One Must Get Used to Life" ; Chapter 20: In a Foreign Land... ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part IV ; Chapter 21: Commentary on Three Months, which are Only Summarized by the Journal ; Chapter 22: "Degenerate Art" ; Chapter 23: Comrade Bukharin Must Correct his Views ; Chapter 24: Andor Gábor, the New Censor of Optimists ; Chapter 25: André Malraux and the Marxist Encyclopedia ; Chapter 26: I am Beginning to "Understand" Babel ; Chapter 27: The Optimists Makes Propaganda for Zinoviev ; Chapter 28: The Screenplay for Mosfilm ; Chapter 29: A Human Trait Has Been Lost ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part V ; Chapter 30: The Last But Most Eventful Part, Ending in Paris ; Chapter 31: Brief, Happy Excitement but "The Times Are Unfavorable" ; Chapter 32: The Soviet Union, Seen from the Perspective of Madame Lupescu's Kingdom ; Chapter 33: "These Mad Dogs Must Be Shot" ; Chapter 34: Proof of the Author's Blindness ; Chapter 35: Funeral ; Chapter 36: The Friendly Visits of Comrade Lopuhina ; Chapter 37: My Witness, I. E. Babel ; Chapter 38: "Now Nothing Can Be Know For Sure" ; Chapter 39: Two Years Later ; Chapter 40: On the Meeting of Romain Rolland with Stalin ; Epilogue ; Postscript ; Another Postscript ; About the Editor and Translator
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 891.8335; History: Europe / Eastern; Literary Criticism: European / Eastern; Literary Criticism: Russian & Former Soviet Union; Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936; Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953; Soviet Union -- Social conditions -- 1917-1945; Diaries
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498546379
• Related ISBNs: 9781498546362
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