Cement
A classic of socialist realism, Cement was the first novel to delineate the life of the people in relation to the economic policies of the Soviet state. Gleb, a soldier hero, comes home from the revolution to a world in transition as demonstrated by the reorganization of the local cement factory for the massive national effort. His wife, Dasha, is now a leader of the Women's Section of the Communist Party, an activist in a society where women are suddenly men's equals. Gleb finds that he cannot…
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- Full title :Cement / Fyodor Vasilievich Gladkov ; translated by A.S. Arthur and C. Ashleigh.
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A classic of socialist realism, Cement was the first novel to delineate the life of the people in relation to the economic policies of the Soviet state. Gleb, a soldier hero, comes home from the revolution to a world in transition as demonstrated by the reorganization of the local cement factory for the massive national effort. His wife, Dasha, is now a leader of the Women's Section of the Communist Party, an activist in a society where women are suddenly men's equals. Gleb finds that he cannot easily pick up the threads of their old relationship or adjust to this new social order.
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- Publication Date:1994.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Northwestern University Press
- Place of Publication:Evanston, Ill
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1994.
Notes
Originally published: New York : Frederick Unger Pub. Co., 1960.
The Physical Object
- Description:vi, 311 pages ; : 21 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0810111756, 9780810111752, 0810111608, 9780810111608
- oclc:ocm30892987
- LC Classification:PG3476.G53
- Dewey Decimal:891.73/42
Table of Contents
The deserted factory -- The red kerchief -- The party committee -- The workers' club "comintern" -- The hidden emigrant -- The presidium -- The house of his parents -- Burning days -- The ropeway -- Strata of the soul -- In the vice -- The signal fires -- Slackening pace -- The return of the penitents -- Scum -- Tares -- A thrust into the future.
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