{"product_id":"august-1914-aleksandr-solzhenitsyn-9780374534691","title":"August 1914: A Novel: The Red Wheel I","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Russian Nobelist's major work, back in print for the centenary of World War I and the Russian Revolution\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his monumental narrative of the outbreak of the First World War and the ill-fated Russian offensive into East Prussia, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn has written \"a dramatically new interpretation of Russian history\" (Nina Krushcheva, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e The assassination of the tsarist prime minister Pyotr Stolypin, a crucial event in the years leading up to the Revolution of 1917, is reconstructed from the alienating viewpoints of historical witnesses. The sole voice of reason among the advisers to Tsar Nikolai II, Stolypin died at the hands of the anarchist Mordko Bogrov, and with him Russia's last hope for reform perished.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e August 1914\u003c\/i\u003e is the first volume of Solzhenitsyn's epic, \u003ci\u003eThe Red Wheel\u003c\/i\u003e; the second is \u003ci\u003eNovember 1916\u003c\/i\u003e. Each volume concentrates on a critical moment or \"knot\" in the history of the Russian Revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374534691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374534691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/19\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.31h x 6.08w x 1.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2013 pg. 55","brand":"Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051873333503,"sku":"9780374534691","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_360a2c1a-8e04-415e-bb75-c4cd13824784.jpg?v=1685015680","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/august-1914-aleksandr-solzhenitsyn-9780374534691","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}