Vladimir E. Alexandrov (Poradie kníh)

Vladimir E. Alexandrov Poradie kníh

Tento autor skúma hlboké otázky ľudskej existencie prostredníctvom starostlivého bádania v literatúre a humanitných vedách. Pôvodne sa venoval geológii, ale zistil, že na pochopenie seba samého a iných je potrebné hlbšie štúdium ľudskej skúsenosti. Táto cesta viedla k doktorátu z komparatívnej literatúry a k akademickej dráhe na Harvarde a Yale, kde sa špecializuje na ruskú literatúru a kultúru. Jeho práca pre širšie publikum, ktorá vychádza z tohto interdisciplinárneho prístupu, skúma fascinujúce témy a pohnútky, ktoré formovali históriu a ľudské osudy.

Black Russian

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12 hodin čítania

"The Black Russian" is the incredible true story of Frederick Bruce Thomas, born in 1872 to former slaves who became prosperous farmers in Mississippi. After his father was brutally murdered, Frederick left the South and worked as a waiter in Chicago and Brooklyn. Seeking greater freedom, he traveled to London, then crisscrossed Europe, andin a highly unusual choice for a black American at the time went to Russia. Because he found no color line there, Frederick settled in Moscow, becoming a rich and famous owner of variety theaters and restaurants. When the Bolshevik Revolution ruined him, he barely escaped to Constantinople, where he made another fortune by opening celebrated nightclubs as the "Sultan of Jazz." However, the long arm of American racism, the xenophobia of the new Turkish Republic, and Frederick s own extravagance landed him in debtor s prison. He died in Constantinople in 1928."