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LITERATURE AND REVOLUTION
A Critical Study of the Wtiter
and Communism in the Twentieth Century
JURGEN RUHLE.
Translated and edited by Jean Steinberg
After World War I, many writers turned to Russia in the hope of a new
and better world. But, with Stalin's ascent to power, the outbreak of
another savage war, and the imposition of Soviet rule on conquered
countries, hope changed to fear. In this brilliant study, Jurgen Ruhle, a
noted German political commentator and literary critic, examines the
work of such writers as Pasternak, Brecht, Mann, Gorky, Sholokhov,
Silone, Malraux, Hemingway, Neruda, Lorca, and Tagore.An invaluable
discussion of the relationship between totalitarianism and the writer. "A
major critical feat ... indispensable."-Library Journal. 488 pp., bibliog.,
index.
$12.50
RUSSIA'S UNDERGROUND POETS
Edited by
KEITH BOSLEY •
Introduction by Janis Sapiets
During the past forty years, Soviet writers have been faced with a clearly
defined choice: to conform and be accepted or to rebel and become out–
casts. Those who are convinced that they are the true heirs to Russia's
artistic legacy publish their works at home and abroad in defiance of
all attempts to stop them. The poems in this volume, selected from a
variety of underground publications, celebrate life rather than Socialist
Realism. The forty-one poets represented-including Pasternak, Okud–
zhava, Slutsky, Akhmadulina, and Brodsky-can be admired for their
work and for their stubborn courage. 120 pp.
$4.95
MOTHER-EARTH AND OTHER STORIES
BORIS Pll.NYAX
Translated from the Russian and edited by
Vera T. Reck and Michael Green
A selection of novellas and short stories by the Russian proletarian
writer of the mid-twenties, who perished when he expressed doubts
about the aftermath of the Revolution. "Excellently edited and beauti–
fully translated . .. gives the reader, for the first time in English, a re–
markably clear idea about the strength and depth of an exceptionally
gifted writer."-Saturday Review. 312 pp.
$6.95
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