Sofia Petrovna ( ) in The New Review vols 83 and 84
by CHUKOVSKAYA, Lydia
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New York: The New Review, 1966. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine. CHUKOVSKAYA, Lydia, [Sofia Petrovna] in 2 volumes of / The New Review (#83 & 84), New York, June and September 1966. Vol 1 (#83): TP + 1 leaf = contents + [5] - 304; vol 2: (#84): TP + 1 leaf = contents + [5] - 304. 2 Volume octavo. FIRST EDITION thus in wrappers.
This edition is the first published in the United States, in Russian, with the corrected title from The Deserted House to Sofia Petrovna; It was released in two parts in subsequent issues (June and September, 1966) of / The New Review (Novy Zhurnal #83 & 84). The book was not published in Russia until 1988 amidst Glasnost (Wikipedia).
With the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953, and his subsequent denunciation by Nikita Khrushchev, Chukovskaya reexamined the work, edited out a no-longer-relevant introduction, and sought publication in 1962.
CONDITION: Very good in original wrappers.
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This edition is the first published in the United States, in Russian, with the corrected title from The Deserted House to Sofia Petrovna; It was released in two parts in subsequent issues (June and September, 1966) of / The New Review (Novy Zhurnal #83 & 84). The book was not published in Russia until 1988 amidst Glasnost (Wikipedia).
With the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953, and his subsequent denunciation by Nikita Khrushchev, Chukovskaya reexamined the work, edited out a no-longer-relevant introduction, and sought publication in 1962.
CONDITION: Very good in original wrappers.
PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Synopsis
Sofia Petrovna is a novella by Russian author Lydia Chukovskaya, written in the late 1930s in the Soviet Union. It is notable as one of the few surviving accounts of the Great Purge actually written during the purge era.
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- 807
- Title
- Sofia Petrovna ( ) in The New Review vols 83 and 84
- Author
- CHUKOVSKAYA, Lydia
- Format/Binding
- Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The New Review
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- russian literature, soviet nion, gulags, stalin, USSR
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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