The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin | A Novel Anecdote in Five Parts (Zhizn' i neobychaynyye priklyucheniya ryadovogo Ivana Chonkina | Russian Language)
Voinovich, Vladimir [Vladimir Nikolayevich Voinovich, also spelled Voynovich (26 September 1932 - 27 July 2018) was a Russian writer, poet, playwright and journalist. He was a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Department of Language and Literature].
(Book #ID 118463)
Published by YMCA Press, 11 rue de la Montagne Ste-Geneviève, Paris First Edition Thus 1975. 1975.
First edition thus in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Voinovich gained prominence with works like "My zdes zhivyom" (We Live Here), "Khochu byt chestnym" (I Want to Be Honest), and "Dva tovarishcha" (Two Comrades), exploring Soviet life pressures. This, his best known novel, satirises Soviet bureaucracy. After defending Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in 1974, he was expelled from the Writers' Union, leading to his emigration to West Germany in 1980. Contains portrait frontispiece, 287 pp Russian text. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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