Russian Century

Впервые на русском — новейший роман прославленного Джона Максвелла Кутзее, дважды лауреата "Букера" и лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе, "последнего из наших великих писателей" (Nation), знаменитого автора таких романов, как "Бесчестье" и "В ожидании варваров", а также автобиографической трилогии "Сцены из жизни провинциала". Беатрис — моложаво-грациозная дама из Барселоны, мать двоих детей, жена банкира, активная участница Концертного Круга меломанов.

In 1921, after six years of unrelenting war and revolution, Russia was in ruins. The economy had collapsed, the country was ravaged by disease and starvation claimed the lives of millions. People were so desperate for food that there were reports of cannibalism, reports that were revealed to be horribly accurate. Remarkably, it was a young American aid worker who uncovered the truth, and, even more remarkably, it was the US-backed charity that had sent him to Russia that would save Lenin’s fledgling government by feeding his people.