Life and Fate - Vasily Grossman - First U.S. Edition First Printing - 1986 - DJ

Langue : anglais

Edité par Harper & Row, New York, 1986

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First U.S. edition, first printing. Hardcover in original dust jacket. Vasily Grossman completed Life and Fate in 1960 and submitted it for publication. The KGB confiscated the manuscript, seized his notes, and even took the typewriter ribbons. Grossman died in 1964 without seeing it published. A microfilm copy was smuggled out of Russia, and the novel finally reached Western readers in 1985. This Harper and Row first American printing from 1986 is the edition that introduced Grossman to the English-language world, translated by Robert Chandler. Critics placed it alongside War and Peace. The comparison is not hyperbole. EDITION: First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Copyright page states "FIRST U.S. EDITION." Number line reads 86 87 88 89 90 RRD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. PUBLISHER: Harper and Row, New York, 1986 TRANSLATOR: Robert Chandler CONDITION: Book: Very Good. Green cloth binding clean and bright, silver spine lettering crisp. Binding tight. Pages clean with light waviness to the block. No inscriptions or ownership markings. Levinson's bookseller sticker to rear pastedown. Dust Jacket: Good. Significant fraying and tearing at the head of the DJ spine. Surface scuffing and light scratching to the rear black panel. Front panel colors bold and unfaded. Original price of $22.50 intact and unclipped on front flap. INCLUDED: Three period newspaper clippings found tucked inside the book at the time of acquisition. A New Yorker piece titled "Under Siege," a Wall Street Journal "Tolstoy's Heir" feature from the Leisure and Arts section, and a third extended review. A wonderful addition for the reader who wants context alongside the text. 880 pages. The novel the Soviet state was afraid of. A cornerstone of any serious 20th-century literary collection. Shipped with care via USPS Media Mail with tracking.

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Détails bibliographiques

Titre
Life and Fate - Vasily Grossman - First U.S. Edition First Printing - 1986 - DJ
Auteur
Vasily Grossman
Éditeur
Harper & Row, New York
Année de publication
1986
État de l'article
Assez bon
Jaquette
Satisfaisant
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Langue
anglais
Édition
Edition originale

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