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Jul 1, 2019 · The following is from John Burnham Schwartz's novel The Red Daughter. Svetlana Alliluyeva, Joseph Stalin's daughter, abruptly abandons her life in Moscow in 1967, arriving in New York to throngs of reporters and a nation hungry to hear her story.
The Red Daughter: A Novel. Written by John Burnham Schwartz Review by Janice Ottersberg. In 1967, Svetlana Alliluyeva defected from the Soviet Union to the United States. This created a diplomatic storm because of who she was: the daughter of Joseph Stalin.
Jul 30, 2020 · In his sixth novel, The Red Daughter, novelist (and regular Beyond the Page host) John Burnham Schwartz imaginatively inhabits the life of Svetlana Alliluyeva (1926–2011), the only daughter of Joseph Stalin, who in his three decades as the tyrannical ruler of the Soviet Union was responsible for the deaths of more than 20 million people.
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Apr 30, 2019 · John Burnham Schwartz takes liberty with his fictions, imagining the life of Josef Stalin’s daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva, as she defects from the communist state to America in 1967, leaving behind her son and daughter, carrying with her the stain of her father’s infamy.
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In one of the most momentous events of the Cold War, Svetlana Alliluyeva, the only daughter of the infamous Soviet despot Joseph Stalin, abruptly abandoned her life in Moscow in 1967, arriving in New York to throngs of reporters and a nation hungry to hear her story.
Jun 2, 2020 · Fact and fiction mingle seamlessly in a story of the defection and lonely wanderings of Josef Stalin’s only daughter. ”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “In this gripping historical novel about the defection of Stalin’s only daughter, Svetlana Alliluyeva, Schwartz explores the wider political context that sharpens private tragedy. . . .
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In one of the most momentous events of the Cold War, Svetlana Alliluyeva, the only daughter of the Soviet despot Joseph Stalin, abruptly abandoned her life in Moscow in 1967, arriving in New York...
