Devil's Acre
Jonathan Bastable / Apr 22, 2021
Devil s Acre Devil s Acre is a novel about love Russia and forbidden architecture Moscow The oppressive Soviet regime is solidly in place Leonid Brezhnev is praised to the skies for the brilliance of his un
Devil s Acre is a novel about love, Russia and forbidden architecture Moscow, 1982 The oppressive Soviet regime is solidly in place Leonid Brezhnev is praised to the skies for the brilliance of his unreadable memoirs and the KGB is keeping a watchful eye on the weary and demoralised masses.Vadim, a young Leningrader, is headed to the capital to begin his journalism stuDevil s Acre is a novel about love, Russia and forbidden architecture Moscow, 1982 The oppressive Soviet regime is solidly in place Leonid Brezhnev is praised to the skies for the brilliance of his unreadable memoirs and the KGB is keeping a watchful eye on the weary and demoralised masses.Vadim, a young Leningrader, is headed to the capital to begin his journalism studies at MGU, Moscow State University But he has a research project of his own in mind He wants to find out about the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour built close to the Kremlin as a memorial to Russia s victory over Napoleon, but demolished in 1931 to make way for an immense Palace of Soviets The Palace was intended to be the largest building in the world, a beacon of communism But like communism, it never materialised As for the lost church, it became a taboo subject, and the mere mention of the Cathedral of Christ was an act of anti Soviet propaganda Vadim knows this, but proceeds with his quest anyway And when he enlists the help of Rachel, an American exchange student, his passion draws them both into a sinister and dangerous vortex
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Jonathan Bastable
In 1982, just after I turned 20, I went to live in Leningrad for a year I was cold and hungry most of the time, and most of my Russian friends were miserable or scared or both The winter was dark and long, and the regime was oppressive It was by far the happiest year of my life.That year, and subsequent years spent at Moscow University as a postgrad, provided much of the core material for Devil s Acre But I wasn t then a writer, not yet After returning to Britain I got a job as a feature writer on The Sunday Times Magazine, and in 1991 I was sent back to Moscow as the newspaper s Russian Affairs correspondent I covered the slapstick Yeltsin years, and was present at the shelling of the Russian parliament building in 1993 the moment when Russia s last best hope of a democratic future went up in smoke.I have written many works of non fiction, including a history of the Battle of Stalingrad based on eyewitness accounts I am now, among other things, a travel writer, and I often go back to Russia on assignment for Conde Nast Traveller and other magazines Devil s Acre is my first novel, and my proudest achievement.