{"product_id":"molotovs-magic-lantern-a-journey-in-russian-history","title":"Molotovs Magic Lantern: A Journey In Russian History","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Rachel Polonsky went to live in Moscow, she found an apartment block in Romanov Street, once a residence of the Soviet elite. One of those ghostly neighbours was Stalin's henchman Vyacheslav Molotov. In his former apartment, Rachel Polonsky discovered his library and an old magic lantern. Molotov - ruthless apparatchik, participant in the collectivizations and the Great Purge - was also an ardent bibliophile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMolotov's library and his magic lantern became the prisms through which Rachel Polonsky renewed her vision of Russia. She visited cities and landscapes associated with the books in the library - Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Akhmatova and many less well-known figures. Some were sent to the Gulag by the man who collected their books.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rachel Polonsky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44213702721596,"sku":"9780571237814","price":797.5,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/molotovs-magic-lantern-a-journey-in-russian-history-9780571237814.jpg?v=1776715086","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/molotovs-magic-lantern-a-journey-in-russian-history","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}