Cancer ward : Part 1 / translated by Nicholas Bethell and David Burg
by Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0370006569
- ISBN 13
- 9780370006567
- Seller
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About This Item
London : Bodley Head, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 338p. ; 21cm. Subjects: Cancer patients -- Russian fiction -- Translations into English.
Synopsis
Cancer Ward is a semi-autobiographical novel by Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, first published in 1967, and banned in the Soviet Union in 1968. The novel tells the story of a small group of cancer patients in Uzbekistan in 1955, in the post-Stalinist Soviet Union.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 310131
- Title
- Cancer ward : Part 1 / translated by Nicholas Bethell and David Burg
- Author
- Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0370006569
- ISBN 13
- 9780370006567
- Publisher
- London : Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
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