[REDUCED-SIZE ed] Russian Book, A. Solzhenitsyn. The Oak and the Calf, YMCA 1975

Description: [REDUCED-SIZE] Bodalsia Telenok s Dubom (The Oak and the Calf) Author: Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isayevich Title: [REDUCED-SIZE] Bodalsia Telenok s Dubom (The Oak and the Calf) Publication: Paris: YMCA-Press, 1975 Edition: Special first reduced-size edition Description: Original publisher's leather cover. Dimensions: 11.8 x 16.5 cm. 627 pages. Text in Russian. A very good copy with a bit of soiled fore-edge. A special reduced-size edition printed on thin, delicate paper for illegal distribution in the Soviet Union.The first Parisian edition of A. Solzhenitsyn's scandalous memoir published in Russian in 1975 under the title Бодался телёнок с дубом (lit. "A Calf Head-butting with an Oak," an ironic phrase). The book provides an in-depth recollection of the release of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and the author's intricate association with the editor-in-chief, Aleksandr Tvardovsky. It also narrates Solzhenitsyn's unsuccessful endeavors to publish his other earlier works, Cancer Ward and The First Circle, the controversies that arose after he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1970, and his subsequent expulsion from the Soviet Union. Seller ID: 367 Subject: Tamizdat (abroad-publishing) Rare Paper is an independent bookseller based in New York, exclusively selling on the Internet. We offer a broad selection of rare and out-of-print East European materials focusing on Russian and Ukrainian émigré books. All items are guaranteed to be as described. Terms Each book will be professionally packed to ensure it reaches you without damage. Shipping services will vary based on the size and value of the items purchased. Default shipping is generally USPS Priority Mail. Please let us know if you prefer an alternative shipping method or have questions about a shipment. All orders ship within five business days. We always offer combined shipping on multiple orders. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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