Richard Lourie, Author . Univ. Press of New England/Brandeis $30 (465p) ISBN 978-1-58465-207-6
This first biography of the renowned physicist, Soviet dissident and Nobel Peace Prize winner weaves the details of Sakharov's life together with the history of the Soviet Union, which barely outlasted him. Lourie
(Autobiography of Joseph Stalin)
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Richard Lourie, Author . St. Martin's/Dunne $22.95 (182p) ISBN 978-0-312-34933-2
According to Lourie's fictional account, the informant who turned Anne Frank and her family in to the Nazis was a mere adolescent, motivated more by a desire to feed his dying father, who was subsisting on tulip bulbs, than by an obsessive...
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Richard Lourie, Author Edward Burlingame Books $25 (396p) ISBN 978-0-06-016449-2
An old Bolshevik recalls how he risked death by criticizing Stalin to his face. An artist courts charges of ``vagrancy'' and arrest for the ``crime'' of being unemployed. A 15-year-old would-be ballerina works 12 hours a day fixing airplanes. Dreams
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Richard Lourie, Author Counterpoint LLC $25 (261p) ISBN 978-1-58243-004-1
Chilling and mesmerizing, Louries novel traces the Russian dictators life from childhood to the apex of his career, exploring the diabolical nuances of Stalins psychology. The USSR dictator narrates, in a grim and relentless voice, often referring...
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Richard Lourie. St. Martin’s/Dunne, $26.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-312-53808-8
In the latest saga of corruption and geopolitics from Lourie (Sakharov: A Biography), he proves a master chronicler of modern Russia. The book chronicles Vladimir Putin’s rise to power, beginning with Putin’s early days as a loyal KGB agent. Lourie...
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