El mite bolxevic (Diari 1920-1922)
- Idioma:
- anglès
- Completesa:
- Obra completa
- Autoria:
- Escrita per l'autor
- Estat del text:
- Sense soroll d'escaneig detectat (mesura automàtica sobre tot el text, no revisada a mà)
- Extensió:
- ~97.100 paraules · 461 passatges
Cita aquesta obra
- APAAlexander Berkman. (n.d.). The Bolshevik Myth (Diary 1920-1922) [El mite bolxevic (Diari 1920-1922)]. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/alexander-berkman/the-bolshevik-myth-diary-1920-1922
- MLAAlexander Berkman. The Bolshevik Myth (Diary 1920-1922) [El mite bolxevic (Diari 1920-1922)]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/alexander-berkman/the-bolshevik-myth-diary-1920-1922.
- ChicagoAlexander Berkman. The Bolshevik Myth (Diary 1920-1922) [El mite bolxevic (Diari 1920-1922)]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/alexander-berkman/the-bolshevik-myth-diary-1920-1922.
Referència de l’edició reproduïda. SigPhi és la reproducció digital, no l’editor. S’hi inclouen l’any, l’editorial i el traductor quan consten; «n.d.» indica que no consta l’any. La responsabilitat d’un pròleg o d’una nota es determina segons el passatge citat.
De què tracta
El diari de Berkman a Rússia entre 1920 i 1922: hi va arribar creient en la revolució i en va sortir sense creure-hi.
Context i història
Berkman era un anarquista nord-americà deportat el 1919 amb Emma Goldman i dos-cents més; va desembarcar a Rússia amb l'entusiasme de qui torna a casa i el llibre és el registre, dia a dia, de com se li va desfer. No hi ha teoria: hi ha converses, viatges, presons visitades, cues, requises als pagesos, coneguts que desapareixen. El punt on tot es trenca és Kronstadt, el març del 1921. La força del text és precisament que no argumenta: Berkman no vol tenir raó, vol explicar què va veure, i triga a acceptar el que veu. Escrit des de l'esquerra i contra el que l'esquerra volia sentir, va ser dels primers testimonis d'aquesta mena i va trigar dècades a ser llegit sense insults.
Context editorial, no una font citable: a diferència dels passatges de l'obra, aquestes dades no es poden contrastar amb el corpus.
to them. They looked forlorn, those "dangerous enemies" of the United States. The powerful American Government never appeared to me in a more ridiculous light. The women made no complaints: they are treated well and receive good food. But all three are penned in a small cabin intended for one person only; day and night armed sentinels guard their door. No trace of Christ appeared anywhere on the ship this Christmas Day. The usual espionage and surveillance, the same discipline and severity. But in the general messroom, at dinner, there was an addition to the regular meal: currant bread and cranberries. More than half of the tables were vacant, however: most of the men are in their bunks, sick. December 26. — Rough sea, and more men "laid out." The six-foot "Baby" is the sickest of them all. The hatches have been closed to keep the sea out, and it is suffocating below deck. There are forty-nine men in our compartment; the rest are in the two adjoining ones. The ship physician has asked me to assist him on his daily rounds, as interpreter and nurse. The men suffer mostly from stomach and bowel complaints; but there are also cases of rheumatism, sciatica, and heartdisease. The Boris brothers are in a precarious condition; young John Birk is growing very weak; a number of others are in bad shape. December 27. — The Boston deportee, a former sailor, claims the course of the Buford was changed twice during the night. "Perhaps making for the Portugal Coast," he said. It is rumored we may be turned over to Denikin. The men are much worried. Human psychology everywhere has a basic kinship. Even in prison I found the deepest tragedies lit up by a touch of humor.…