Taking its' readers on an emotional and in depth journey through time and space, Svetlana: The Inside Story, by Enzo Biagi, is an account of Svetlana Alliluyeva's path through life. Retracing her steps by interviews with people she has encountered, Svetlana: The Inside Story gives its' readers a third party peek into the extraordinary and controversial life of a girl who earned her fame as the only daughter of Joseph Stalin. Enzo Biagi (1920-2007), a successful prize winning Italian Journalist and author of an astounding eighty books, does a stunning job of almost spellbinding his audience with a captivating and unbiased humanistic approach to the biography of Svetlana. The story, covering many different parts of the world, with travels from Moscow to India and the United States to Switzerland, and expressing emotions ranging from happiness to sadness, and love to betrayal, relays the views of those who traveled in Svetlana's circle to help tell the story of her life and give context to the daughter of a man considered to be one of the most powerful and destructive men in history. As many do, this historical recollection begins with youth.
As Biagi help us to paint a vivid picture of Svetlana, these recollections open the windows for the examination of a merciless Soviet Regime and abusive father, a rarely read view of Joseph Stalin's private life, and a dissection of the personalities and social circles which included Svetlana's father Joseph Stalin, her brother Vasily Stalin, her son Joseph Morozov, her first love Alexei Kapler, as well as the stories of many others who had souls that were intertwined Svetlana's. Throughout the rest of the story, we are told about Svetlana's contention with being constantly followed by the Intelligentsia, the death of her brother Vasily from alcoholism, and her Uncle Yakov's death at the hands of German forces. As the saga proceeds, her friends and family relate how Stalin became more and more distant from Svetlana, the weight of his regime crushing him and the suspiciousness and power isolating him from his family. Even so, it is sadly told by her son Joseph, that Svetlana watched her father, weak and lifeless, and wept as he was sent off to embalmers after his death in 1953. She always loved him, saying he contained light, as well as dark. After some time, Svetlana meets another great love, Brajesh Singh, an Indian communist visiting Moscow, but after spending 3 years with him, he passes away, and Svetlana takes his ashes back to the Ganges River in India. It is during this time period she becomes quite disillusioned with the Soviet Union and makes a dramatic, and often times resented, escape to the United States. "When an English journalist asks her why she chose the United States, she replied, "Life decides for us, and we cannot free ourselves. It is merciless. I am like a twig in a swirling torrent" (105). It is here, in 1967, that for the reader, the story ends, yet for Svetlana, life continues on.
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