“Suspense and dramatic interest” (Radek reviewed in ‘Socialism and Democracy’)
February 20, 2024
“…works brilliantly to create suspense and dramatic interest in that the reader is asked to see the world through the eyes of its main protagonist…”
Tag: Bolsheviks
Stimulating thoughts anew for the cognoscenti (Radek reviewed in ‘Counterfire’)
February 20, 2024
Heym’s own biography helps to explain why he chose Karl Radek as the central character for this historical novel. Like Heym, Radek was a literate and articulate Jew who rubbed authority the wrong way. Born Lolek Sobelsohn in Lemburg (Lviv), then under Austrian rule, Radek, like Heym, was a Marxist who became compromised as Russia went from being a beacon of revolutionary socialism to a Stalinist dictatorship. Radek helped to shape history and was also tested by it….
NEW! Radek: A Novel, by Stefan Heym (EXCERPTS)
February 20, 2024
…Stalin asked, “So you think my truth needs improvement?”
“The truth,” Radek replied, “can’t be improved. The truth is true, or it is not. But a line of evidence can gain a great deal by new and better evidence…”