World Literature Masterpieces Selection - Mother

Author: Maxim Gorky (Soviet Union), translated by Wu Dongcang
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: Through firsthand observation of her son's transformation after being educated by Bolshevik ideology, Nilofona not only understands what is good and what is bad, but also learns that only workers are the masters of the world, ultimately transforming from a timid and fearful wife of a worker into a strong and self-confident fighter in the revolutionary ranks. Mother is a monumental work in the history of world literature that comprehensively depicts the struggles of the proletariat revolution and the worker revolution under Bolshevik leadership. It was hailed by Lenin as the "most outstanding representative of proletarian art" and is one of Maxim Gorky's representative works. Maxim Gorky (1868–1936) was a great Soviet proletarian writer. In his early career, he engaged in romantic and realistic literary, was known as the "father of socialist realism," and had a profound influence on the proletarian literary movement. His major works include The Song of the Eagle, The Seagull, and the autobiographical novels Childhood, In the World, and My University.