The Oak and the Calf: Sketches of Literary Life in the Soviet Union (English and Russian Edition)

Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn

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ISBN 10: 0060140143 ISBN 13: 9780060140144

Published by Harper & Row, Publishers, 1980

Condition: Very Good Hardcover

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First printing. Translation by Harry Willetts of "Bodalsia telenoks dubom" (Paris: Y.M.C.A., 1975). Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.75", is bound in red cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book shows light shelfwear, with scattered light foxing to top edge of text block. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright. Dust jacket displays mild edgewear. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. vii/568 pages. A personal account of Solzhenitsyn's life and work between the publication of "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" in 1962, to his expulsion from the Soviet Union in 1974. During the years of official disappproval, he still managed to get his plays, novels and manifestos published. Seller Inventory # ABE-1583109574292

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Title: The Oak and the Calf: Sketches of Literary ...

Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers

Publication Date: 1980

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Solzhenitsyn's narrative of his tenyear battle to outwit Russian officials and have his works published in his own country recounts his struggles from the moment of his release from Gulag through the early seventies

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Text: English, Russian (translation)

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