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In My Apprenticeship, Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) gives an account of his own adolescent. After the death of his mother, fourteen-year-old Alexei Peshkov (Gorky) sets out to earn his own living. First he is the errand boy in a shoe shop; then, in turn, a draughtsman’s apprentice, a dishwasher on a Volga steamboat, and an apprentice in a studio where icons are painted. Repulsed by the ugly mediocrity of middle-class life, by the “senseless, stupid animosity poisoning the life around himâ€, he constantly searches for something better. My Apprenticeship (1916) is the second book of Gorky’s autobiographical trilogy, each book of which represents an independent work.Synopsis
In My Apprenticeship, Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) gives an account of his own adolescent. After the death of his mother, fourteen-year-old Alexei Peshkov (Gorky) sets out to earn his own living. First he is the errand boy in a shoe shop; then, in turn, a draughtsmanâ s apprentice, a dishwasher on a Volga steamboat, and an apprentice in a studio where icons are painted. Repulsed by the ugly mediocrity of middle-class life, by the â senseless, stupid animosity poisoning the life around himâ , he constantly searches for something better. My Apprenticeship (1916) is the second book of Gorkyâ s autobiographical trilogy, each book of which represents an independent work.
Book Details
Published
January 1, 2000
Publisher
University Press of the Pacific
Pages
612
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780898751178