The archivist's story
| Title | The archivist's story |
|---|---|
| Author | Travis Holland |
| Publication | Bloomsbury |
| Size | 241p |
| Language |  ENG |
| ISBN | 9780747593201 |
| Topics |
American fiction--Historical Soviet Union--History--Fiction Authors--Fiction Archivists--Fiction Babel, Isaac (Russian writer, 1894-1940) Manuscripts--Fiction Totalitarianism and literature |
| Notes | Lubyanka prison, Moscow, 1939. A young archivist interviews a prisoner to determine his authorship of an unfinished story. The archivist is charged with cataloguing and destroying the works of the purged, imprisoned writers. One of the prisoners is Isaac Babel, Russia's most famous living writer, who will be executed within the year. Then the archivist makes a reckless decision. |
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