Book by Bulgakov Mikhail
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'An epic chronicle in the manner of War and Peace' John Bayley, Guardian
Drawing closely on Bulgakov's personal experiences of the horrors of civil war as a young doctor, The White Guard takes place in Kiev, 1918, a time of turmoil and suffocating uncertainty as the Bolsheviks, Socialists and Germans fight for control of the city. It tells the story of the Turbins, a once-wealthy Russian family, as they are forced to come to terms with revolution and a new regime.
'Everyone should read it' The Times
See also: Black Snow
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891 - 1940) was born and educated in Kiev where he graduated as a doctor in 1916. He rapidly abandoned medicine to write some of the greatest Russian literature of this century. After a lifetime at odds with the stultifying Soviet regime, he died impoverished and blind in 1940, shortly after completing his masterpiece, The Master and Margarita. None of his major fiction was published during his lifetime.
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Vendeur : Amazing Book Company, Liphook, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. This copy is in near fine condition bound in burgundy cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. There is a small signature and date to the f.e.p. There is a label of the issuing bookseller to the bottom of the front paste down (Vanguard Booksellers, Johannesburg) The unclipped dust wrapper has a few closed tears and a small area of loss to the top of the front panel so best described as good condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. White Guard, Mikhail Bulgakov's semi-autobiographical first novel, is the story of the Turbin family in Kiev in 1918. Alexei, Elena, and Nikolka Turbin have just lost their mother their father had died years before and find themselves plunged into the chaotic civil war that erupted in the Ukraine in the wake of the Russian Revolution. In the context of this family's personal loss and the social turmoil surrounding them, Bulgakov creates a brilliant picture of the existential crises brought about by the revolution and the loss of social, moral, and political certainties. He confronts the reader with the bewildering cruelty that ripped Russian life apart at the beginning of the last century as well as with the extraordinary ways in which the Turbins preserved their humanity. This edition has been translated by Michael Glenny and includes an epilogue by Viktor Nekrasov. Ref VVV 3. N° de réf. du vendeur 033951
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Vendeur : Aardvark Rare Books, Bucknell, SHROP, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st UK 1971 Harvill; very good+ in very good unclipped dust jacket; no stamps or inscriptions; slight darkening to jacket otherwise a very good+ copy of a scarce title. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0000313707
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Vendeur : Lacey Books Ltd, Cirencester, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Good. FIRST EDITION. 1971 Harvill hardcover first UK edition. Some reading wear, wear and chipping to edge of dustjacket else good condition. N° de réf. du vendeur UE-KRHE-KM2O
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Vendeur : GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Etats-Unis
Etat : Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.45. N° de réf. du vendeur 0002619059-2-3
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Vendeur : Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, Etats-Unis
Etat : Fair. Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within 1.45. N° de réf. du vendeur bk0002619059xvz189zvxacp
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Vendeur : BRIMSTONES, Lewes, Royaume-Uni
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 320pp, owner's name on endpaper, top edges spotted, text clean and tight, corners slightly bumped, Very Good / Good dustwrapper. wrapper slightly frayed at top of spine, a closed tear on rear panel edge, ISBN: 0002619059. N° de réf. du vendeur 33735
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Vendeur : J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. Stated First American Printing. DJ in archival cover. N° de réf. du vendeur 011363
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Vendeur : Burwood Books, Wickham Market, Royaume-Uni
Hardback. Etat : Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 319. Original publisherÕs red cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Epilogue by Viktor Nekrasov. Front panel of jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill. ISBN: 0002619059 Fine in near fine dust jacket, with miniscule closed nick at spine ends. Excellent condition. N° de réf. du vendeur C50765
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Vendeur : Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, Etats-Unis
Etat : new. N° de réf. du vendeur FrontCover0002619059
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