{"product_id":"larisa-reisner-a-biography-decolonizing-the-captive-mind-9781642599992","title":"Larisa Reisner. A Biography: Decolonizing the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"She burst across the revolutionary sky like a blazing meteor, dazzling all in her path,\" Trotsky wrote. For the poet Boris Pasternak, she was Lara, the heroine of his novel Doctor Zhivago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommissar, revolutionary fighter, espionage agent, journalist, Larisa Reisner (1895–1926) was a model for the 'new woman' of the Russian Revolution, and one of its most popular and brilliant writers, whose works were published in mass editions and read by millions. In this sweeping biography, Cathy Porter sets her life against the backdrop of the world-shaking events of 1917. Drawing on material recently released from the Soviet archives, Porter tells Reisner's story through the memories of those close to her, her own voluminous writings, and her six books—published for the first time together with this biography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003eTimeline\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Childhood and Exile\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Student Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Poets and War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 In Petrograd\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Red Kronstadt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Bolshevik Russia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 ‘Unforgettable 1918’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Svyazhsk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Reds and Whites\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 From Moscow to the Caspian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Rabfaks and Commissars\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Afghanistan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 The New Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 Berlin and Hamburg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 Across Workers’ Russia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 Seifullina and Alyosha\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 Germany and China\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18 ‘How Extraordinary to Be Alive’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19 Afterlife\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Figures\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359883854167,"sku":"9781642599992","price":25.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781642599992.jpg?v=1754126004","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/larisa-reisner-a-biography-decolonizing-the-captive-mind-9781642599992","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}