He is a young worker from the north of France, born in 1918, revolted by injustices, fed the Manifesto of the Communist Party and seduced like many others by the promises of equality, fraternity and development of the Soviet Union. beginnings. But the trip to the USSR does not go quite as planned, and he finds himself imprisoned in the country he dreamed of so much. Andrei Makine’s novel could have been titled “Lost Illusions”. He chose Prisoner of the Scarlet Dream.
It’s about love, but also the difficulty of writing history. We navigate between Stalin’s Russia and the Paris after May 68, where Trotskyists and Maoists engaged in disputes which seem almost unreal today against the backdrop of a revolution in morals. France and Russia are at the heart of Andreï Makine’s new novel.
Andrey Makine is the guest of On the arts bridge. He publishes Prisoner of the scarlet dream, to Grasset editions.
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Hugo Casalinho presents us with an artist from the RFI playlist for the month of January: Oriental Brothers International Band, We Are Not Here.
Oriental Brothers International Band – Me and You Say Brother
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