The Green Lantern: A Romance of Stalinist Russia
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Book Overview
A Soviet theater troupe dares to put on Shakespeare's King Lear, but shortly before the performance, the actor playing the title role falls ill. The prop manager, a lumbering, largely silent bear of a man -- completely inappropriate for the part, according to common perception -- finds himself literally thrust into the spotlight. His performance becomes the talk of Moscow, and he falls under the direct scrutiny of Joseph Stalin, who controls whether the show will proceed and the actors will live to give another performance. An audacious winter's tale, The Green Lantern is an exploration of Shakespeare, the Soviet Union, and what it is to "perform," by one of the great American writers.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1568583125
ISBN13:9781568583129
Release Date:August 2004
Publisher:Thunder's Mouth Press
Length:357 Pages
Weight:0.08 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 8.5"
Customer Reviews
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One of the best historical novels I've read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
I can't disagree more with the Washington Post review. I started reading it because I had nothing else better to do and then suddenly I was transported into Stalinist era of the 1930s. I feel I need to find out what I can about this author who has achieved something close to witchcraft by re-creating the psychological (un)reality of that era. I almost laughed when I read the reviewer's complaints about how the details don't add to the intrigue/suspense. There is NO suspense; only the utter illogic of possible imminent violent end to one's life for no reason which IS the definition of the Stalinist era. How this guy called Jerome Charyn about whom I know nothing accomplish this in a rather slim book much better than all the volumes of Solzhenitsyn who was actually there, I have no idea. Fatma Isikdag
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