Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. List of Abbreviations xv
5. Cast of Characters xvii
6. Introduction when god died 1
7. chapter one Once upon a Time, in a Café Called Ziemiańska 10
8. chapter two Love and Revolution 33
9. chapter three A Visit from Mayakovsky 52
10. chapter four A Funeral for Futurism 70
11. chapter five Entanglements, Terror, and the Fine Art of Confession 90
12. chapter six Autumn in Soviet Galicia 153
13. chapter seven Into the Abyss 194
14. chapter eight Stalinism amidst Warsaw’s Ruins 257
15. chapter nine Ice Melting 305
16. chapter ten The End of the A¤air 330
17. Epilogue 360
18. Conclusion does history go on? 366
19. NOTES 379
20. INDEX 447