Description
Set in the early years of the Soviet Union’s post-Stalin “Thaw,” this landmark novel follows artists, engineers, factory workers, and Party officials as they confront a changing political and moral climate. Against the backdrop of an industrial city emerging from a harsh winter, long-suppressed doubts begin to surface, challenging rigid authority and inviting new ideas about truth, creativity, and human dignity. With its sharp social observation and cautiously daring critique of bureaucratic conformity, the novel captures a pivotal moment when Soviet society began to imagine the possibility of renewal.
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Published Jan 1, 1954
ISBN: 9780855361594
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Details
First Published
1954
Language
eng
Translation
Original: Оттепель
From: rus
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Thaw by Ilya Ehrenburg.