Posted by JB on January 26, 2013 at 16:09:52 user JB.
In Reply to: Re: Nancy based on Lenin?! posted by Mike Jones on January 26, 2013 at 15:03:10:
It's a bit of a stretch to call Nancy a "thinly-disguised portrait of Lenin" but some interesting parallels are pointed out in the link below:
"Winter Holiday is a book about the enforced exile of a leader... Who makes the audacious plans? Who is frequently credited with drawing the maps in the books? Who adopts a pseudonym (her real name is Ruth)? Who, to return again specifically to Winter Holiday, announces the start of the Polar Expedition (albeit unwittingly) by raising a scarlet flag?"