GEOFF BOTTOMS relishes a profoundly human portrait of a family as it evolves across 55 years in Sheffield
The Man Who Shook his Fist at the Tsar by Jack Robertson
Compelling account of the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin's defiance of autocracy
Portrait of Pushkin by Orest Kipresnky, 1827
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PAUL DONOVAN is tickled by the excruciating take-downs of one of the funniest, wittiest, political writers around.
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JOHN GREEN, MICHAL BONCZA and BELLA KATZ review The Good Boy, Broken English, and Don't Be Prey
AN AMALGAM of biography, history, politics and literature, all woven together by informed commentary and observation, it is difficult to categorise Jack Robertson’s book on Alexander Pushkin.
Taking the reader down numerous fascinating discursive byways, the focus is on the acknowledged founder of Russian literature and his great 1833 poem The Bronze Horseman.
Its title references the great equestrian statue in St Petersburg’s Senate Square celebrating the founder of the city, Peter the Great.
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