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The Plummeting Old Woman

The Plummeting Old Woman

by Daniil Kharms

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Used - Acceptable
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Published
1989
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ISBN
9780946640393
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1969 soft cover as pictured. A collection of stories, incidents and dialogue that express the cultural landscate of Stalinism by absurdist writer Daniil Kharms. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers lightly rubbed and faded over spine. Edge of text block mottled. Text itself is clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OF2
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Daniil Kharms and the Poetics of the Absurd

Daniil Kharms and the Poetics of the Absurd

by Neil Cornwell

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Published
1991
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1991 hardcover as pictured. A scholarly examination fo the works of Daniil Kharms (1905-42), Leningrad absurdist of the 1920s and 30s. Kharms was one of the last representatives of the Russian literary avant-garde, whose careers and lives were blighted and curtailed by the cultural and historical excesses of Stalinism. Binding is firm. Brown cloth boards with gold stamping show light… Read more about this item
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On The Beneficience ff Censorship

On The Beneficience ff Censorship

by Lev Loseff

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Published
1984
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ISBN
9783876902111
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1984 softcover as pictured. The author's analysis of works by Švarc, Solženicyn, Evtušenko and others emphasizing the stylistic peculiarities of modern literature in the Soviet Union that arose from the confrontation with censorship. Text in English. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers are lightly tanned and soiled. Notation on FFEP. Edge of text block is mottled. Text appears clean and… Read more about this item
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Taking Penguins to the Movies

Taking Penguins to the Movies

by Emil A. Draitser

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Used - Very Good
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Published
1998
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ISBN
9780814323274
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1998 hardcover as pictured. An academic study of ethnic humor in Russia. Includes extensive notes and bibliograrpy. Binding is firm. Blue cloth boards with orange stamping are clean with minimal edge wear. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows only light shelf wear. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OE2
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Reinventing Tradition

Reinventing Tradition

by Klavdia Smola

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Published
2023
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ISBN
9798887191904
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2023 hardcover as pictured. An exploration of Jewish culture in the Soviet Union and Russia. The author explores how the Jewish tradition was reinvented in Russian-Jewish literature after a long period of assimilation, the Holocaust and decades of Communism. The process of reinventing the tradition began in the Soviet underground of the 1960-1970s and continues to the present day. Binding… Read more about this item
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Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy

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Used - Good
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Published
2001
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ISBN
9780965012997
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2001 softcover as pictured. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers show only light shelf wear. Text appears clean and unmarked. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR
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Foma Gordyeeff

Foma Gordyeeff

by Maxim Gorky

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Published
1901
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1901 hardcover as pictured. Binding is firm. Blue cloth boards are lightly soiled and rubbed with slight fraying at head and tail of spine and corners. Text is clean and unmarked. Page 57 has a tear and fold that occurred during production. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR
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