Life and Fate
by Grossman, Vasily
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060153652
- ISBN 13
- 9780060153656
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1985. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. First U.S. Edition stated and full number line down to 1. In green cloth with silver foil to spine text. Vertical creasing to spine and some loss to pigment of type. Some spots/marks to boards as well as page ends, especially front. Front hinge splitting a little at front page ends, though binding still solid. In unclipped jacket ($22.50)with some edge wear and creasing, chipping to top and bottom of front spine edge. Some lamintaion separation and micro chips to top of rear panel.
Synopsis
Life and Fate, is a 1959 novel by Vasily Grossman, and the author's magnum opus. Technically, it is the second half of the author's conceived two-part book under the same title, but while the first half (the novel For the Right Cause), written during the reign of Joseph Stalin and first published in 1952, expresses loyalty to the regime, Life and Fate sharply criticises Stalinism. Le Monde described it as "the greatest Russian novel of the twentieth century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB006185VG
- Title
- Life and Fate
- Author
- Grossman, Vasily
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0060153652
- ISBN 13
- 9780060153656
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Bookseller catalogs
- Russian Literature;
Terms of Sale
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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