Título: After the Romanovs
Autor: Helen Rappaport
Sinopse: From Helen Rappaport, the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes After the Romanovs, the story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought freedom and refuge in the City of Light.
Paris has always been a city of cultural excellence, fine wine and food, and the latest fashions. But it has also been a place of refuge for those fleeing persecution, never more so than before and after the Russian Revolution and the fall of the Romanov dynasty. For years, Russian aristocrats had enjoyed all that Belle Époque Paris had to offer, spending lavishly when they visited. It was a place of artistic experimentation, such as Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. But the brutality of the Bolshevik takeover forced Russians of all types to flee their homeland, sometimes leaving with only the clothes on their backs.
Arriving in Paris, former princes could be seen driving taxicabs, while their wives who could sew worked for the fashion houses, their unique Russian style serving as inspiration for designers like Coco Chanel. Talented intellectuals, artists, poets, philosophers, and writers struggled in exile, eking out a living at menial jobs. Some, like Bunin, Chagall and Stravinsky, encountered great success in the same Paris that welcomed Americans like Fitzgerald and Hemingway. Political activists sought to overthrow the Bolshevik regime from afar, while double agents from both sides plotted espionage and assassination. Others became trapped in a cycle of poverty and their all-consuming homesickness for Russia, the homeland they had been forced to abandon.
This is their story.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “After the Romanovs”, de Helen Rappaport, publicado pela editora Griffin, em 2023 e com 352 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Griffin
Páginas: 352
Ano: 2023-03-28
Edição: Reprint
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1250777208
ISBN13: 9781250777201
Sobre a editora
O catálogo da Griffin reúne livros que transitam entre narrativas de forte apelo emocional e obras que exploram temas atuais com tom crítico e direto. Os livros da editora Griffin trazem desde relatos pessoais e histórias de superação até análises contundentes sobre questões sociais e culturais, frequentemente abordando conflitos internos e externos, como desafios pessoais, tensões políticas e dilemas éticos. A experiência de leitura varia entre textos mais densos e reflexivos e outros com ritmo ágil, que mesclam suspense, romance e até humor, criando um contraste que permite ao leitor navegar por diferentes atmosferas e estilos dentro do mesmo universo editorial.
