Petersburg: Andrei Bely

Andrei Bely`s Petersburg is a colourful evocation of Russia`s capital during the short, turbulent period of the first socialist revolution in 1905. Considered Bely`s masterpiece, the story follows Nikolai Ableukhov`s journey as he is caught up in the revolutionary politics of those seminal days; exploring themes of history, identity, and family, the novel sees the young Russian chased through the misty Petersburg streets, tasked with planting a bomb intended to kill a government official - his own father. History, culture and politics are blended and juxtaposed; weather reports, current news, fashions and psychology jostle together with people from Petersburg in this literary triumph.