{"product_id":"victor-serge-unruly-revolutionary-9780745348858","title":"Victor Serge: Unruly Revolutionary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Superb ... A vivid account of one of the most compelling lives in modern revolutionary history\" \u003c\/b\u003eMaurice Casey, author of \u003ci\u003eHotel Lux\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Abidor captures Serge in all his complexity\" - \u003c\/b\u003eBruce Baugh, Professor Emeritus, Thompson Rivers University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fascinating and provocative biography\" - \u003c\/b\u003eGeoffrey Kurtz, Associate Professor, Borough of Manhattan Community College \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Ideological schisms have always been a feature of the left, but for much of the early twentieth century, they could be deadly. Few revolutionary figures managed to chart such a unique course through the turbulent currents of anarchism and Bolshevism as Victor Serge. Today, thanks to his classic memoirs and novels, Serge is esteemed by most segments of the left. But who was this man, who led such a thrilling life on the frontlines of history? An anarchist? A Bolshevik? A Trotskyist? Or did he evolve into something else entirely? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this vivid account of the life, work, and political evolution of Victor Serge, Mitchell Abidor rescues his subject, with all his contradictions, from the constraints of any single label. Examining the lacunae and errors in his memoirs, the hidden Serge is ultimately revealed for what he was: an unruly revolutionary of both great courage and contradictions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMitchell Abidor\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and translator living in Brooklyn, New York. His books include \u003ci\u003eMay Made Me\u003c\/i\u003e and he is the translator and editor of Victor Serge's anarchist writings, \u003ci\u003eAnarchists Never Surrender\u003c\/i\u003e, and translated with Richard Greeman \u003ci\u003eSerge's Notebooks (1936--1947)\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745348858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.25w x 1.29d","brand":"Mitchell Abidor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52072228913333,"sku":"9780745348858","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b10a3123-8994-41c7-9e79-75def2fd8b30.jpg?v=1764688165","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/victor-serge-unruly-revolutionary-9780745348858","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}