In the Vortex
In the Vortex is a novel by Alexey Pisemsky written in 1870 and first published in Beseda magazine's Nos. 1-6, 1871, issues. Initially dismissed by critics of the democratic camp as just another 'anti-nihilist' novel aimed at discrediting the revolutionary movement, later it came to be recognized as one of Pisemsky's most sophisticated works.
Lev Tolstoy praised In the Vortex for its compositional intricacy, while Nikolai Leskov considered it to be the best of Pisemsky's novels.
