{"title":"Andrei Bely","description":"\u003cp\u003eAndrei Bely’s works invite readers into the heart of early 20th-century Russian culture, blending rich symbolism with innovative narrative style. His writing, as seen in \u003cem\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/em\u003e, explores complex psychological landscapes set against the backdrop of social and political upheaval.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye for the interplay of music, mysticism, and philosophy, Bely’s books offer a unique fusion of \u003cstrong\u003eGeneral Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e. They challenge and captivate those interested in literary experimentation and cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"petersburg-by-andrei-bely-9780141191744","title":"Petersburg","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/em\u003e by Andrei Bely is a vivid, memorable, and striking story set at the heart of the 1905 Russian revolution. This colourful evocation of Russia's capital during the short, turbulent period of the first socialist revolution is considered Bely's masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe story follows Nikolai Ableukhov's journey as he is caught up in the revolutionary politics of those seminal days. Exploring themes of history, identity, and family, the novel sees the young Russian chased through the misty Petersburg streets, tasked with planting a bomb intended to kill a government official—his own father.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHistory, culture, and politics are blended and juxtaposed; weather reports, current news, fashions, and psychology jostle together with people from Petersburg in this literary triumph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46532462608620,"sku":"9780141191744","price":29.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6719423482238.jpg?v=1749316369"},{"product_id":"the-symphonies-by-andrei-bely-9780231199094","title":"The Symphonies","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrei Bely is best known for the modernist masterwork \u003cem\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/em\u003e, a paradigmatic example of how modern writers strove to evoke the fragmentation of language, narrative, and consciousness. In the early twentieth century, Bely embarked on his life as an artist with texts he called \"symphonies\"—works experimenting with genre and sound, written in a style that shifts among prosaic, poetic, and musical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book presents Bely's four \u003cem\u003eSymphonies\u003c\/em\u003e—\"Dramatic Symphony,\" \"Northern Symphony,\" \"The Return,\" and \"Goblet of Blizzards\"—fantastically strange stories that capture the banality of life, the intimacy of love, and the enchantment of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Symphonies\u003c\/em\u003e are quintessential works of modernist innovation in which Bely developed an evocative mythology and distinctive aesthetics. Influenced by Russian Symbolism, Bely believed that the role of modern artists was to imbue seemingly small details with cosmic significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Symphonies\u003c\/em\u003e depict the drabness of daily life with distinct irony and satire—and then soar out of turn-of-the-century Moscow into the realm of the infinite and eternal. They conjure worlds that resemble our own but reveal elements of artifice and magic, hinting at mystical truths and the complete transfiguration of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShowcasing the protean quality of Bely's language and storytelling, Jonathan Stone's translation of the \u003cem\u003eSymphonies\u003c\/em\u003e features some of the most captivating and beguiling writing of Russia's Silver Age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471831744748,"sku":"9780231199094","price":47.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/76c43164c9d7a4aa621ac7614900eb84.jpg?v=1775693999"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/andrei-bely.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}