Childhood / Maksim Gorky; translated from Russian, with an introduction and notes, by Graham Hettlinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gorky, Maksim, 1868-1936.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russian literature.

Gorky, Maksim, 1868-1936.

Gorky, Maksim.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Aleksey Peshkov overcame indigence, violence, and suicidal despair to become Maksim Gorky, one of the most widely read and influential writers of the twentieth century. Childhood, the first book in Gorky's acclaimed autobiographical trilogy, depictshis early years, when after his father's death he was taken to live in the home of his maternal grandfather, a violent and vindictive man who both provided the child with a rudimentary education and subjected him to savage beatings. With remarkable freshness and candor, Gorky immerses his reader in a young child's world, recreating in dynamic pro

Contents:

Introduction; Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; Chapter VI; Chapter VII; Chapter VIII; Chapter IX; Chapter X; Chapter XI; Chapter XII; Chapter XIII; Acknowledgments; Notes

Notes:

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Translation of Detstvo.

ISBN:

979-82-16-36308-8

1-282-93674-3

9786612936746

1-56663-906-9

OCLC:

694772645