Prussian Nights: A Narrative Poem Tapa dura - 1977

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Acceptable.

Collins Harvill, 1977. First Edition. vg+/vg. vg+ book in vg dw 1st Allen Lane 1970 hardcover In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

London: Collins And Harvill Press, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Now hard to find in this first English language edition. Fep removed, but otherwise all in VG+, clean, crisp and bright internal order. Very light dust spotting to top of block. Smart red boards with gilt titling to spine. VG- d/j, a little worn to edges with closed tear to top of faded spine. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 108pp

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London England: Collins and Harville Press, 1977. Hardback. Prussian Nights. Very slight foxing to end inside covers and edge. Slight shelf wear and closed tear to edge of D/J. Text in RUSSIAN and ENGLISH. Translated From the Russian by Robert Conquest. Prussian Nights presents an entirely new aspect of the genius of Alexander Solzhenitsyn. It is a long narrative poem he composed, then committed to memory, during his prison-camp years. For the first time he uses his own experiences as a young artillery officer during the Second World War as he describes the exhilarating and horrifying events of a few days on the Eastern front in January 1945. Solzhenitsyn's thoughts and feelings in this physical and ethical maelstrom are characteristic. He turns to the principle of personal responsibility as against the war-time urges of self-indulgence, destruciveness, sensuality and arrogance. The rhythm of Prussian Nights suggests the sweep and spirit of the advance, its detail intensifies the soldier's… Leer más