Natasha's Dance

A PEOPLE'S TRAGEDY won pretty much every prize for which it was eligibleThis tremendously attractive, ambitious, dizzying book is in every way a worthy successor to Figes' bestselling A PEOPLE'S TRAGEDY. The whole panorama of Russia's mighty culture is conjured up in a way that is fresh, intimate and immediate. Whether talking about music or novels, buildings or paintings, Figes' enthusiasm and literary brilliance sweeps the reader along through a series of great set-piece chapters.

Short-listed for Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2003
Short-listed for BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2003

"Scintillating. . .an exceptional history of Russian culture and a joy to read." --"San Francisco Chronicle"
"Stunning and ambitious. . .Figes captures nothing less than Russians' complex and protean notions regarding their national identity." --"The Atlantic Monthly"
“Staggering. . .A vivid, entertaining, and enlightening account of what it has meant to be culturally a Russian over the last three centuries." --"Los Angeles Times"
"[A] masterly work." --"New York Review of Books"
"A big, bold, interpretative cultural history." --"Foreign Affairs"

Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. His last book, A PEOPLE'S TRAGEDY (Cape 1996), won the NCR Book Award, the Wolfson History Prize, the Longman/History Today Book of the Year Award and the WH Smith Literary Award. He lives in Cambridge.

This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.