{"product_id":"dr-chizhevskys-chandelier-the-decline-of-the-ussr-and-other-heresies-of-the-twentieth-century-paperback","title":"Dr Chizhevsky's Chandelier: The Decline of the USSR and Other Heresies of the Twentieth Century - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan Elkind\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA work of experimental nonfiction that spotlights the so-called Undesirables of recent history, forced into martyrdom and infamy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDaniel Elkind's hybrid-genre debut, \u003ci\u003eChizhevsky's Chandelier\u003c\/i\u003e is a nonfiction experiment that tells the story of A.L. Chizhevsky, the inventor and father of the field of heliobiology, who -- like his hero Galileo -- was punished for daring to suggest that human history revolved around the sun. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis expansive narrative of historical reckoning stages a confrontation between factions of American anarchists, disciples of the Báb in 19th-century Persia, Jewish baseball players, and the quixotic quest to grow enormous chickens. Nested within is the story of the last Soviet generation (the \"Tetris generation\") and its dreams and illusions. In biographical chapters recalling his experience as a refugee from Soviet Russia, Elkind finds echoes of the exile of Emma Goldman and other political Undesirables from America to their \"native\" land in 1919, then in the throes of revolutionary fervor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result of this literary experiment is an irreverent and deeply personal investigation into what it means to record and remember in today's oversaturated world, where all of the stories we tell ourselves have been turned inside-out.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Elkind\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Moscow in 1984. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTheory and Failure: Some Latter-Day Curse Tablets and Reflections on the Nature of the League\u003c\/i\u003e (Gauss PDF). His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eLapham's Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLA Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBeliever\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublic Domain Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. A former New Yorker, he is now based in Atlanta.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45749851881669,"sku":"9781915672797","price":24.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/JruzLYCpm29781915672797.webp?v=1770191241","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/dr-chizhevskys-chandelier-the-decline-of-the-ussr-and-other-heresies-of-the-twentieth-century-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}