As part of some work on Vasily Grossman (about which more anon), I’ve been catching up with my reading on Gulag history. Stephen Cohen’s The Victims Return finally arrived at the library, so I went to get it out. The first thing that struck me was how similar its cover was to another recent book on Gulag […]
All posts for the month August, 2011
Judging books by their covers
Posted by Sarah Young on August 29, 2011
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2011/08/29/judging-books-by-covers/
Four short links: Soviet posters
Soviet poster art was truly remarkable, and some amazing examples are available on the internet. My favourite sites are: 1) Plakaty.ru. A huge gallery with a wide range of subjects, from military to entertainment and advertising, including this one from the propaganda section, which reads: ‘Stalin’s mood makes our army and country strong and solid!’ […]
Posted by Sarah Young on August 25, 2011
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2011/08/25/four-short-links-soviet-posters/
Doroshevich on Sakhalin
I had other plans yesterday, but was feeling far too tired and depressed to concentrate on the writing I was supposed to be doing. So, to take my mind off present-day violent criminality at home, I started thinking about violent criminality more than a hundred years ago on the other side of the world… I recently […]
Posted by Sarah Young on August 10, 2011
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2011/08/10/doroshevich-on-sakhalin/
Russians in London (ish)
Walking though the city the other day, I came across this sculpture set into the wall of the BBVA bank at 108 Cannon Street: Sensing a certain Russianness about it, I stopped for a closer look, and discovered that the sculptor was none other than Zurab Tsereteli, monument builder extraordinaire and president of the Russian […]
Posted by Sarah Young on August 1, 2011
https://sarahjyoung.com/site/2011/08/01/russians-in-london-ish/