Vladimir E. Alexandrov (Libros)

Vladimir E. Alexandrov Libros

Este autor profundiza en las cuestiones trascendentales de la existencia humana a través de una investigación meticulosa en literatura y humanidades. Inicialmente atraído por la geología, descubrió que la comprensión de uno mismo y de los demás requería una exploración más profunda de la experiencia humana. Esta búsqueda lo llevó a obtener un doctorado en Literatura Comparada y a una carrera académica en Harvard y Yale, especializándose en literatura y cultura rusas. Su obra para el público general, informada por este enfoque interdisciplinario, explora temas y motivaciones fascinantes que han dado forma a la historia y a los destinos humanos.

Black Russian

320 páginas
12 horas de lectura

"The Black Russian" is the incredible true story of Frederick Bruce Thomas, born in 1872 to former slaves who became prosperous farmers in Mississippi. After his father was brutally murdered, Frederick left the South and worked as a waiter in Chicago and Brooklyn. Seeking greater freedom, he traveled to London, then crisscrossed Europe, andin a highly unusual choice for a black American at the time went to Russia. Because he found no color line there, Frederick settled in Moscow, becoming a rich and famous owner of variety theaters and restaurants. When the Bolshevik Revolution ruined him, he barely escaped to Constantinople, where he made another fortune by opening celebrated nightclubs as the "Sultan of Jazz." However, the long arm of American racism, the xenophobia of the new Turkish Republic, and Frederick s own extravagance landed him in debtor s prison. He died in Constantinople in 1928."