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Engineers of Human Souls: Four Writers Who Changed Twentieth-Century Minds

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By (author): Simon Ings

Four writers. Four dictators. One world, changed out of all recognition. ENGINEERS OF HUMAN SOULS is an intimate and shocking shadow history of creative vanity in a time that turned writers - once the faithful servants of authority - into figures of political consequence.

Maurice Barrès, who first wielded the politics of identity. Gabriele D'Annunzio, whose poetry became a blueprint for fascism. Maxim Gorky, dramatist of the working class and Stalin's cheerleader. The Maoist Ding Ling, whose stories exculpated the regime that kept her imprisoned.

All four nursed extravagant visions of the future, and believed they were vital to its realisation. Each was lured to the centre of political action. Each established a dangerous and damaging relationship with a notorious dictator. And when writers and rulers find a use for each other, the consequences can be shattering for us all. These stories - of courage and compromise, vanity and malevolence - speak urgently to the uncontrollable power of words.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 608g
  • Dimensions: 158 x 236mm
  • Publication Date: 25 Jan 2024
  • Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780349128566

About Simon Ings

Simon Ings is the author of eight novels and two works of non-fiction including the Baillie Gifford longlisted Stalin and the Scientists. He co-founded and edited Arc magazine a digital publication about the future before joining New Scientist magazine as its arts editor. He writes a monthly science-fiction column and reviews for The Times in addition to reviews for the Financial Times Telegraph The Spectator and others.

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