{"product_id":"9780060501396","title":"The Commissariat Of Enlightenment","description":"By: Ken Kalfus     \u003chr\u003eKen Kalfus's mesmerising first novel is about two events that become milestones in the history of the modern media: the death of Tolstoy and the murder of Lenin. One yound filmmaker was there. The story begins in 1910, as Leo Tolstoy lies dying in Astapovo, a railway station in provincial Russia. Members of the press from around the world have descended upon this sleepy hamlet to record his passing for a public suddenly ravenous for celebrity news. Cinema is the newcomer, and Nikolai Gribshin arrives to capture the extraordinary scene and learn how to wield his camera as a political tool. At this historic moment, he comes across two men - the scientist, Professor Vorobev, and the revolutionist, Joseph Stalin - who have radical, mysterious plans for the future. Soon they will accompany him on a long, cold march through an era of brutality and absurdity, as science struggles with superstition. Brimming with intellect, humour, and rich, inventive storytelling, THE COMMISSARIAT OF ENLIGHTENMENT is a novel of ideas that brilliantly evokes the tragi-comic world of revolutionary Russia as well as the birth of today's image-based society.","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":48094203642083,"sku":"DTRHCUS-9780060501396","price":112.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":49040817127651,"sku":"DTRSSUK-9780743231152","price":60.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9780060501396.jpg?v=1770660193","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/en-mo\/products\/9780060501396","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}