November 1916: A Novel: The Red Wheel II (FSG Classics)

November 1916: A Novel: The Red Wheel II (FSG Classics)

<p><b>In time for the centenary of the beginning of the Russian Revolution, a new edition of the Russian Nobelist's major work</b></p><p>The month of November 1916 in Russia was outwardly quiet―the proverbial calm before the storm―but beneath the placid surface, society seethed fiercely.<br> In Petrograd, as St. Petersburg was then known, luxury-store windows are still brightly lit; the Duma debates the monarchy, the course of war, and clashing paths to reform; the workers in the miserable munitions factories veer toward sedition.<br> At the front, all is stalemate, while in the countryside sullen anxiety among hard-pressed farmers is rapidly replacing patriotism.<br> In Zurich, Lenin, with the smallest of all revolutionary groups, plots his sinister logistical miracle.<br> With masterly and moving empathy, through the eyes of both historical and fictional protagonists, Solzhenitsyn unforgettably transports us to that time and place―the last of pre-Soviet Russia. <i></i><br><i> November 1916</i> is the second volume in Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's multipart work, <i>The Red Wheel</i>. This volume concentrates on a historical turning point, or "knot," as the wheel rolls inexorably toward revolution.</p>