Amur wolves
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Amur wolves
9.99 €
"The Amur Wolves" is an adventure novel based on true events and reflecting the harsh reality of the Russian frontier. The robberies of gold caravans from the Niman mines, the raids of the Honghuzi, the Russo-Chinese armed conflict of 1900, the arson of the steamship "Muravyov-Amursky," and high-profile crime incidents in Blagoveshchensk—all of this was covered in the periodicals of the time.
The authors of this "collective novel" were not writers. They were journalists, crime reporters, and newspaper day laborers. The central role and a significant share of the credit for the creation of "The Amur Wolves" belongs to Alexander Ivanovich Matyushensky, a man whose writing experience was shaped not only in the editorial offices of newspapers and magazines but also by the dramatic events that filled his life. The controversial and, as they say, rather scandalous personality of the leading author and organizer of the "collective novel" meant that his main work, although it created a sensation and went through several editions, was then forgotten for an unfairly long time. That Matyushensky had a very winding life is undeniable, but separating truth from legend in his biography is more difficult than distinguishing real history from fiction in "Amur Wolves." What remains unchanged is the historical and artistic truth he managed to infuse into this extraordinary work.
The authors of this "collective novel" were not writers. They were journalists, crime reporters, and newspaper day laborers. The central role and a significant share of the credit for the creation of "The Amur Wolves" belongs to Alexander Ivanovich Matyushensky, a man whose writing experience was shaped not only in the editorial offices of newspapers and magazines but also by the dramatic events that filled his life. The controversial and, as they say, rather scandalous personality of the leading author and organizer of the "collective novel" meant that his main work, although it created a sensation and went through several editions, was then forgotten for an unfairly long time. That Matyushensky had a very winding life is undeniable, but separating truth from legend in his biography is more difficult than distinguishing real history from fiction in "Amur Wolves." What remains unchanged is the historical and artistic truth he managed to infuse into this extraordinary work.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books in the series Crime / Punishment