"White Guard," Mikhail Bulgakov's semi-autobiographical first novel, is the story of the Turbin family in Kiev in 1918. Alexei, Elena, and Nikolka Turbin have just lost their mother--their father had died years before--and find themselves plunged into the chaotic civil war that erupted in the Ukraine in the wake of the Russian Revolution. In the context of this family's personal loss and the social turmoil surrounding them, Bulgakov creates a brilliant picture of the existential crises brought about by the revolution and ...
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"White Guard," Mikhail Bulgakov's semi-autobiographical first novel, is the story of the Turbin family in Kiev in 1918. Alexei, Elena, and Nikolka Turbin have just lost their mother--their father had died years before--and find themselves plunged into the chaotic civil war that erupted in the Ukraine in the wake of the Russian Revolution. In the context of this family's personal loss and the social turmoil surrounding them, Bulgakov creates a brilliant picture of the existential crises brought about by the revolution and the loss of social, moral, and political certainties. He confronts the reader with the bewildering cruelty that ripped Russian life apart at the beginning of the last century as well as with the extraordinary ways in which the Turbins preserved their humanity. In this volume Marian Schwartz, a leading translator, offers the first complete and accurate translation of the definitive original text of Bulgakov's novel. She includes the famous dream sequence, omitted in previous translations, and beautifully solves the stylistic issues raised by Bulgakov's ornamental prose. Readers with an interest in Russian literature, culture, or history will welcome this superb translation of Bulgakov's important early work. This edition also contains an informative historical essay by Evgeny Dobrenko.
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1st UK 1971 Harvill; very good+ in very good unclipped dust jacket; no stamps or inscriptions; slight darkening to jacket otherwise a very good+ copy of a scarce title; Cover artwork may differ;
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Very Good jacket. Condition: Very Good (Fine). A very clean copy-tight Harcover binding with clear and complete text. Includes a fine original Dust Jacket. No inscription. ALL ITEMS ARE SENT BY ROYAL MAIL.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 319. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Epilogue by Viktor Nekrasov. Front panel of jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill. ISBN: 0002619059 Fine in near fine dust jacket, with miniscule closed nick at spine ends. Excellent condition.
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