Requiem for the East

Requiem for the East

Author: Andreï Makine

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 9780340794357

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An extraordinary, profoundly moving and thought-provoking novel tracing the rise and fall of communism through its impact on three generations of one family: the narrator's grandfather, who deserted from the Red Army in the chaotic aftermath of the 1917 revolution; his father, who survived the Eastern front in WWII only to be killed with his wife in one of Stalin's purges; and the narrator himself - Soviet army doctor turned spy who, after the fall of communism, discovers his missing girlfriend was betrayed by a double-agent and flies to Florida bent on revenge. A searing portrait of the suffering caused in the name of politics, yet also a celebration of ordinary people's decency, compassion and courage.


Requiem for a Lost Empire

Requiem for a Lost Empire

Author: Andrei Makine

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2003-04-22

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 074345362X

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Makine's most ambitious and uncompromising work, "Requiem for a Lost Empire" is a three-generation epic unfolding across 80 years of Russian history, from Czarist times to the fall of Communism. Sweeping readers into a Graham Greene-style thriller that opens up like a sinister Russian doll, this novel rivals the depth and ingenuity of Nabokov and the sweep of Tolstoy.


Requiem for an Army

Requiem for an Army

Author: Dale Roy Herspring

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9780847687190

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Most Western models suggest that in the face of open threats to the military's core interests, the army would have fought to keep the status quo. Yet the military actually facilitated the introduction of a new democratic polity and in the process dug its own grave. Trained under a Russian-inspired system that minimized the role of the individual, this group was suddenly exposed to the radically different 'Innere Fuehrung' concept that lies at the heart of the Bundeswehr's ethos.


North Sea Requiem

North Sea Requiem

Author: A. D. Scott

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-09-03

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1451665792

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A local nurse finds a severed human foot inside a field hockey boot; then she is victimized by an acid-throwing attacker.


Dreams Of My Russian Summers

Dreams Of My Russian Summers

Author: Andrei Makine

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1998-08-27

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0684852683

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This international bestseller has been translated into 26 languages and is the first work to win both of France's top literary honors. "A masterpiece. . . . Makine belongs on the shelf of world literature--between Lermontov and Nabokov, a few volumes down from Proust".--"The Atlanta Journal".


Requiem

Requiem

Author: Graham Joyce

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2006-06-27

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780765355416

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A tale of secrets and miracles


Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

Author: Hubert Selby

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2011-12-13

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1453239693

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A tale of four people trapped by their addictions, the basis for the acclaimed Darren Aronofsky film, by the author of Last Exit to Brooklyn. Sara Goldfarb is devastated by the death of her husband. She spends her days watching game shows and obsessing over appearing on television as a contestant—and her prescription diet pills only accelerate her mania. Her son, Harry, is living in the streets with his friend Tyrone and girlfriend Marion, where they spend their days selling drugs and dreaming of escape. When their heroin supply dries up, all three descend into an abyss of dependence and despair, their lives, like Sara’s, doomed by the destructive power of drugs. Tragic and captivating, Requiem for a Dream is one of Selby’s most powerful works, and an indelible portrait of the ravages of addiction. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Hubert Selby Jr. including rare photos from the author’s estate.


Requiem for a Species

Requiem for a Species

Author: Clive Hamilton

Publisher: Earthscan

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1849710813

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First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.