EAN: 9781847498533

THE MOTHER - MAXIM GORKY TASCHENBUCH

Inspired by real events and centring on the figure of Pelageya Vlasova - the mother of the
title - and her son Pavel  Gorky's masterpiece describes the brutal life of ordinary Russian
factory workers in the years leading to the 1905 Revolution and explores the rise of the
proletariat  the role of women in society and the lower classes' struggle for self-affirmation.
A book of the utmost importance  in the words of Lenin  and a landmark in Russian literature 
The Mother - here presented in a brilliant new version by Hugh Aplin  the first English
translation in almost a century - will enchant modern readers both for its historical
significance and its intrinsic value as a work of art.

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