October : The Story of the Russian Revolution

Resumen del libro

Acclaimed fantasy author China Miéville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside down
The renowned fantasy and science fiction writer China Miéville has long been inspired by the ideals of the Russian Revolution and here, on the centenary of the revolution, he provides his own distinctive take on its history.In February 1917, in the midst of bloody war, Russia was still an autocratic monarchy: nine months later, it became the first socialist state in world history. How did this unimaginable transformation take place? How was a ravaged and backward country, swept up in a desperately unpopular war, rocked by not one but two revolutions?This is the story of the extraordinary months between those upheavals, in February and October, of the forces and individuals who made 1917 so epochal a year, of their intrigues, negotiations, conflicts and catastrophes. From familiar names like Lenin and Trotsky to their opponents Kornilov and Kerensky; from the byzantine squabbles of urban activists to the remotest villages of a sprawling empire; from the revolutionary railroad Sublime to the ciphers and static of coup by telegram; from grand sweep to forgotten detail.Historians have debated the revolution for a hundred years, its portents and possibilities: the mass of literature can be daunting. But here is a book for those new to the events, told not only in their historical import but in all their passion and drama and strangeness. Because as well as a political event of profound and ongoing consequence, Miéville reveals the Russian Revolution as a breathtaking story.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B China Miévillex{0026}lt;/B (Londres, 1972) es uno de los autores más admirados e icónicos de la fantasía actual, y uno de los mayores nombres de las letras anglosajonas gracias a su capacidad para crear numerosos clásicos contemporáneos, redefinir los límites del género y crear el x{0026}lt;I new weirdx{0026}lt;/I o fantasía antisistema . Su trayectoria ha sido reconocida con prestigiosos premios, como el Hugo y el World Fantasy Award, siendo el único escritorque ha recibido el Arthur C. Clarke en tres ocasiones. Miéville es autor de títulos emblemáticos como x{0026}lt;I La ciudad y la ciudadx{0026}lt;/I (que pronto se convertirá una serie de televisión de la BBC), la trilogía Bas-Lag (x{0026}lt;I La estación de la calle Perdidox{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I La cicatrizx{0026}lt;/I yx{0026}lt;I El Consejo de Hierrox{0026}lt;/I ), x{0026}lt;I Embassytownx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Krakenx{0026}lt;/I ,x{0026}lt;I El rey ratax{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I This Census-Takerx{0026}lt;/I o x{0026}lt;I Three Moments of an Explosionx{0026}lt;/I .x{0026}lt;/P x{0026}lt;P Con x{0026}lt;I Los últimos días de Nueva Parísx{0026}lt;/I (Nova, 2017) ha confirmado el enorme talento de un escritor que es admirado por autores de la talla de Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Ursula K. Le Guin o Neil Gaiman. Autor de arraigadas convicciones sociales, en 2001 fue candidato del Socialist Alliance Party en las elecciones al Parlamento británico.x{0026}lt;/P