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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 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, San Diego ET AL, 1986
ISBN 10: 0151078408ISBN 13: 9780151078400
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Printing. Dust jacket is rubbed, with light edge wear and the remnants of a price sticker on front. "Not For Resale" is stamped on half title page.
Published by Northwestern University Press, 1995
ISBN 10: 0810112434ISBN 13: 9780810112438
Seller: 2Vbooks, Derwood, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Trade paperback. Condition: Fine. Translated ed. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 316 p. European Classics. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name sc 146.
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Published by HarperVia, 1990
ISBN 10: 0156621657ISBN 13: 9780156621656
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: New.
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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 Farrar, Straus And Giroux, 1977, 1977
ISBN 10: 0374186219ISBN 13: 9780374186210
Book
Condition: as new. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Hbk 316pp small closed tear to top edge of dj, otherwise unclipped and fine and now in protective sleeve, overall appears unread and an excellent clean tight unmarked copy as new.
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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.
Published by Northwestern Univ Pr, 1995
ISBN 10: 0810112442ISBN 13: 9780810112445
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 358 pages. 8.00x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1977
Seller: BOOKMARK, Auckland, New Zealand
First Edition
Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Clean black cloth on boards with gilt titles. Edges: top-edge orange; mild foxings. Clean contents. Binding is As New. 316p Dj: clean jacket. Light creases to head of spine and head of front & rear flaps spines.
Published by Jonathan Cape 1981, 1981
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, yellow heavy boards, yellow & red letetring to black cloth spine, 358pp, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board edges, light foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & other ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling).
Published by Jonathan Cape, London U.K., 1979
ISBN 10: 0224018876ISBN 13: 9780224018876
Seller: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The dust jacket has a little wear, and has been wrapped in a clear plastic protective cover. The page edges are lightly foxed and tanned. The front endpaper has a stamp. 300 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.
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Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1988
ISBN 10: 0224025325ISBN 13: 9780224025324
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Ralph Steadman (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear and creasing to top and bottom of largely brick red jacket and spine, spine very very slightly faded, corners bruised, some slight yellowing to page block, not price clipped (£11.95), old bookplate to ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 424pp. There are any number of reasons for going to Moscow in the year 2042. One woman on the flight hopes to be cured of cancer, a fellow Russian aims to restore the monarchy. I'm on my way, with several vodkas inside me, to satisfy my needling curiosity. Of course the price of the ticket was the problem. If New Times magazine hadn't paid all expenses for the story I'd still be in Stockdorf, Having overcome several surprising obstacles (including a brief kidnapping and a dalliance in Toronto) the exiled Soviet writer Kartsev launches himself on an adventure that is bawdy and outrageous. With a cast of characters that includes a KGB agent disguised in lederhosen and another wirier in exile, the towering, moralizing, authoritarian Sim Simych Karnalov, he takes us into the bizarre Soviet Union of the 21st Century. Marx's vision has reached absurd proportions and Communism has become a parody of itself, there is even a Bureau of Natural Functions and a Palace of Love. Vladimir Nikolayevich Voinovich (1932-2018), was a Russian writer and former Soviet dissident. Among his most well known works are the satirical epic 'The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin' and this dystopian 'Moscow 2042'. He was forced into exile and stripped of his citizenship by Soviet authorities in 1980 but later rehabilitated and moved back to Moscow in 1990. After the fall of the Soviet Union, he continued to be an outspoken critic of Russian politics under the rule of Vladimir Putin. Luckily for him, he died before Putin's recent outrages in Ukraine. A scarce book.