The Case of Comrade Tulayev

Literature & Fiction

From the publisher:

A murder on a cold Moscow night. Random killing or conspiracy? From the wastes of Siberia to war-torn Spain, individuals are drawn together by their mutual links with the dead Tulayev.

This classic novel -- the best ever written on the show trials and purges in Stalin's Russia -- is an unsurpassed exposition of individual behavior under tyranny. Serge uses fictional form in order to penetrate the inner motivations of those caught up in the purges, both executioners and victims, skillfully blending individual tragedy with historical disaster. Has there been a plot to kill a person, or to erase the legacy of an entire revolution.

Serge himself insisted, 'this hovel belongs entirely to the domain of fiction,' yet it remains an important source in understanding a turning point in twentieth century history.

About the author

Victor Serge (1889-1947) is best known as a novelist – with two of his works recently republished by the New York Review of Books – and for his Memoirs of a Revolutionary. Originally a participant in the anarchist movement, Serge became a committed bolshevik upon arrival in Russia during 1919 and lent his considerable talents to the cause of spreading the revolution across Europe. An eloquent critic of tyranny no matter its form, Serge was a leading member of the Left Opposition in its struggle against Stalin, a cause which ultimately resulted in his exile from Russia.

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