De China Miéville (writer), Antonio José Antón Fernández (translator)

In February 1917 Russia was a backward and autocratic monarchy, mired in an unpopular war; and by October, after not one, but two revolutions, it had become the first workers' state, striving to place itself in the vanguard of the global revolution. How did this unimaginable transformation take place?
In a panoramic view, from St. Petersburg and Moscow to the most remote villages of an unfathomable empire, Miéville reveals the catastrophes, intrigues and inspiring phenomena of 1917, in all their passion, drama and even strangeness. Facing the classic debates, but also narrated for the reader who looks at this theme for the first time, this is an amazing story of humanity at its greatest and most desperate point; A civilizational before and after that still reverberates today.