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Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1977
ISBN 10: 0374517525ISBN 13: 9780374517526
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. A two-part satirical novel, following the title Red Army recruit through the Second World War. Originally published in Germany in 1970 (in Russian; under title: Zhizn' i Neobychainye Prikliucheniia Soldata Ivana Chonkina). (light toning to extremities) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, 1981
Seller: BookMarx Bookstore, Steubenville, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio. Books shipped within 24 hours. First edition of the translation, book club (1981). Dust jacket tanned with age, some wear along edges. No writing or marks observed in the text. Binding is tight and square. . . . . . . . . . . . World War II is on and Chonkin is imprisoned in this sequal to his extraordinary adventures. Chonkin figures less prominently in this sequal. I think, the major character here is the social system itself. Voinovich does not spare anyone or anything: Joseph Stalin, the Soviet military planning, and the prison system--all are criticized. Bumbling bureaucrats continue to bludner like there was no tomorrow. For example, they capture and execute an honest junior officer as a spy, while the real spy continues to work undisturbed. And the bumbling of this sort is pittance in comparison to what has just gone on--the 1937/38 terror. Most outstanding people have been destroyed on no greater basis than wild accusations and Stalin's paranoia. It turns out that the most potent weapon in the war on the cream of society's crop is a simple pencil! Write an accusation on someone who works hard in his field and has his head in the clouds, not paying attention to politics, and that person is soon arrested and executed. Given this absurd atmosphere of repression and the pressure and fear put on the government by war, Chonkin must languish in prison on suspicion of being a descendant of a noble Russian family which is trying to overthrow the government and open the gates to the Germans! Voinovich's satire is right on target. This book is funny and educational. If you live in a Western democracy you will, at a minimum, reap one important benefit from reading this--you will appreciate even more what you have in your country today. I assigned a number of Russian writers in my Modern Russian Politics class last year, and this is exactly what the impact was. Read Voinovich--his books are humorous and different.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1982
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. New York: FSG [1982]. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine/Fine. A nice crisp copy. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket cover. 4600.
Published by Northwestern Univ Pr, 1995
ISBN 10: 0810112434ISBN 13: 9780810112438
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 316 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0224018876ISBN 13: 9780224018876
Seller: M RICHARDSON RARE BOOKS (PBFA Member), Ashby cum Fenby, NE Lincolnshire, LINCS, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine bright copy with no inscriptions and the pages are bright and clean throughout the book. On closer inspection the top page block edge looks dusty and the fore edge page block edge looks mildly foxed. The dust jacket is not price clipped and in mainly bright clean condition with a hint of a sun fade to the spine and light shop shelf wear. In all a very presentable copy indeed.