DIECI GIORNI CHE SCONVOLSERO IL MONDO | 1966 | JOHN REED

Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed is a vivid non-fiction account of the Bolshevik Revolution (October 1917) in Russia, written by an American journalist who was present in Petrograd during the key moments. In this edition (1966, Casini, “I Libri del Sabato”), the narrative unfolds day by day, blending reportage, eyewitness testimony, dialogue, and description of the social and political climate. Reed emphasizes the experiences of workers, soldiers, and ordinary people, showing how mass discontent and revolutionary forces coalesced. The text is marked by a sense of immediacy and emotional engagement; it's not a dispassionate history but a committed, sympathetic chronicle of upheaval. Although it includes political interpretation, Reed also provides insight into structural causes, tensions between the soviets, the provisional government, and the Bolsheviks. As a work, it remains a powerful study of revolution, participation, and the collision between ideas and action.