The Children of the Arbat by Anatoli Naumovich Rybakov

This is a used hardback book with dust jacket in very good condition! The book is marked "Not for resale", but since I bought it at a used bookstore, I guess it is OK to sell it.

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Synopsis
Suppressed in Russia for 20 years, this novel is a vast panorama of Russian life during Stalin's reign of terror, specifically Stalin's impact on a circle of young intellectuals in Moscow.
Details
Series:	Rybakov, Anatolii Naumovich. Arbat Trilogy, V. 1.
Size
Height:	10 in.
Width:	6.5 in.
Thickness:	2 in.
Weight:	40 oz.
Publisher's Note
This autobiographical fiction of Soviet life just prior to Stalin's Great Purge intertwines the story of Sasha Pankratov, a Russian student unjustly arrested, imprisoned, and exiled, with the story of Stalin's obsession with power This autobiographical fiction of Soviet life just prior to Stalin's Great Purge intertwines the story of Sasha Pankratov, a Russian student unjustly arrested, imprisoned, and exiled, with the story of Stalin's obsession with power.
Industry reviews
"One of the great accomplishments of modern Russian letters...A great book for reading and rereading." St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The most important work of fiction by a Soviet author since 'Doctor Zhivago'." Time

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