Author: CHUKOVSKAYA, L[ydia] Chukovskaia
Title: Sof'Ya Petrovna: Russian Studies. Edited with an Introduction, Notes & Vocabulary by John Murray.
Description: London, Bristol Classical Press, 2006. Reprint. P/b. xviii+123 pp. A good copy. Very light signs of use. Clean and tight. Brief note in ink to rear cover inside, small dent to upper cover. Else clean and tight. This is a fictional account of one woman's experience following the arrest of her son during the Yezhov purges. Drawing on the author's own experience, this novella paints an almost documentary-style picture of life in Leningrad during this period. The story of the publication of the book, written in 1939-40 but not published in the Soviet Union until 1988, is treated in the introduction, which also contains a brief biography of the author, a vocabulary and notes.

Keywords: Slavonic|Reader|Featured|Russian|Literature


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