The Yawning Heights de Zinoviev, Alexander; Clough (Translator), Gordon - 1980

Random House, 1979-01-01. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. Shelf wear to binding with scuffs, bumps, toning, abrasions & small pieces of tape on fore edge of boards & pastedowns. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Small discolorations on ffep. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly shelf worn with scuffs, creases, toning & liquid paper on front flap. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.

England: Penguin. VG PB. (1981). Most devastating satire ever written about Soviet Russia. Zinoview was born in 1922 and as a youth attracted the attention . of the Soviet Police for criticizing the Stalin personality cult and was first sent to a psychiatric clinic and then to prison. Later during the war he served in a calvary and in an armored regiment before transferring to the Air Force as a fighter pilot. After the war he studied philosophy at the University of Moscow and held a research appointment. He was deprived of all his appiontments and expelled from the Communist Party upon the publication of this book in the West. He also wrote The Radiant Future. Pictorial cover shows people with their bottoms where their heads should be and vice versa. Photo of author on back cover. .

Random House, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. [From the library of Eugene A. Sekulow.] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Blind stamps of Sekulow on front end pages. Clean, unmarked pages. <br> Eugene A. Sekulow was a longtime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was fluent in German. For more than 30 years, he was chairman of both the German American Chamber of Commerce and the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies of JHU. In 2006, in recognition of his efforts to foster post-war reconciliation between Germany and the United States, he was awarded Das GrosseVerdienstkreuz (the Great Cross of Merit) from the German government.

Random House, 1979-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. First American Edition stated - full Random House number line - minor wear to edge of dust jacket - ink mark and minor staining to closed page edge - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy

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London: Bodley Head, 1979 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 6". None. The first UK edition of Alexander Zinoviev's satirical novel about the failure's of Soviet communism. The first UK edition, first impression, translated from the original Russian by Gordon Clough. First published in Russia in 1976.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The first novel by Russian philosopher and sociologist Alexander Zinoviev, the satirical work of metafiction presents a dystopian vision of a society where everyone is equal, and everyone is mediocre. The novel explores the consequences of a society that suppresses individualism in the pursuit of equality. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, exceptionally bright. Bumping to spine tail. Dust wrapper a touch age toned to back strip, otherwise excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine

Random House, 1979-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!