Things in Revolt: The Theater of Lev Lunts

By Lev Lunts

Drama. Translated from the Russian, edited and annotated by Gary Kern. Here in one volume are the theatrical works of the young Russian dramatist, prosaist and literary critic, Lev Natanovich Lunts (1901-1924). Included are five articles on the theater, three play reviews, five plays and one screenplay, plus a preface by Veniamin Kaverin and reminiscences of Lunts by Maxim Gorky, Konstantin Fedin and Yelizaveta Polonskaya. The plays are The Son of the Sheikh, Outside the Law, Bertrand de Born, The Apes Are Coming and The City of Truth. The silent screenplay is Things in Revolt. All of these materials convey the avant- garde spirit of the post-revolutionary Russian theater, while the plays and screenplay develop the theme of individuality vs. the mass mind with remarkable verve and astonishing erudition. THINGS IN REVOLT is the first volume of three devoted to Lunts. The other two are IN THE WILDERNESS: THE PROSE OF LEV LUNTS, and JOURNEY ON A HOSPITAL BED: THE CORRESPONDENCE & MEMOIR OF LEV LUNTS. Each volume is self-contained and may be read apart from the other two, though each naturally complements the other. Most of the works in the three volumes are translated for the first time.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879378817
• ISBN13: 9781879378810
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Xenos Books
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"