Review: Night of Stone: Death and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia
User Review - Lily - GoodreadsAm struggling with whether to assign four stars or five. Have selected five because of the power with which I recall this book almost ten years after having read it. As I have said elsewhere, I read ... Read full review
Review: Night of Stone: Death and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia
User Review - Daniel Winters - GoodreadsBrilliantly researched. A breath of fresh air on the academic market as she speaks Russian and is interested in listening to everyday Russians, and not simply relying on the archives and libraries. Conclusion is somewhat abstract, indicative perhaps of the subject material. Read full review
Review: Night of Stone: Death and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia
User Review - Eddy Allen - GoodreadsDuring the twentieth century, Russia, Ukraine, and the other territories of the former Soviet Union experienced more bloodshed and violent death than anywhere else on earth: fifty million dead in an ... Read full review
Review: Night of Stone: Death and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia
User Review - Jaybird Rex - GoodreadsBeautifully written and deeply personal for the work of an English speaker writing about Russia. Especially valuable are all of the interviews Ms. Merridale conducted. These put a human face to the ... Read full review
Review: Night of Stone: Death and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia
User Review - Rahime - GoodreadsFantastic! I loved reading this. The last chapter is what made the whole thing a really beautiful read. Depressing, of course, but good. Read full review
Review: Night of Stone: Death and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia
User Review - Mike - GoodreadsA difficult, harrowing and depressing book but also a very necessary one. The author traces the way death was seen in pre-Soviet Russia to a short extent then examines the horrible, frequent, and many ... Read full review
Review: Night of Stone: Death and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia
User Review - Katya - Goodreads"You really have to be in the right mind set to read this one. The pain of having a loved one yanked out of your life suddenly and never seeing them again is a difficult event in your life. Living in ... Read full review
Review: Night of Stone: Death and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia
User Review - Erika - GoodreadsCompassionate, big history of death in Russia. Read full review
Review: Night of Stone: Death and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia
User Review - GoodreadsA stunning book. As in stun gun. As in holy shit. As in jaw sagging. As in...
Review: Night of Stone: Death and Memory in Twentieth-Century Russia
User Review - John - GoodreadsFor those who learned from Drew Faust's 'The Republic of Suffering,' here's another staggering volume. While Faust treats the culture of dying and death that developed in the US over the five years of ... Read full review
