BRONSHTEIN IN THE BRONX

In a tone of authority and wry humor, narrator Adam Grupper portrays Lev Davidovich Bronshtein--better known as Leon Trotsky--as he visits New York City in 1917. Littell's Bronshtein becomes a hero to the socialists scrambling around the Big Apple's streets as he wrestles with questions relating to his revolutionary ideology, his place in his own family, his relationship with Lenin, and his own conscience. Grupper's superb tempo and compassionate tone depict Trotsky's emphatic belief in revolution and workers' rights, traits that make him a government target. Littell depicts fictional events that took place in the 10 weeks the world-famous revolutionary spent in the Bronx before Lenin led the February Revolution weeks later. This audiobook is an extraordinary meditation on purpose, passion, and the price of progress. R.O. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2025]