My Childhood: Autobiography of Maxim Gorky

My Childhood is first volume of an autobiographical work by Maxim Gorky. My Childhood is a masterpiece in Russian social realism that truly depicts the hardships of peasant life in late nineteenth century. Written in vivid prose the book transports the reader to a world that is unimaginable for many in the twenty-first century. Of all Gorkys books this is the one that made him the father of Russian literature.