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Cancer Ward ; Cancer Ward Part II [2 volumes]

Cancer Ward ; Cancer Ward Part II [2 volumes]

Cancer Ward ; Cancer Ward Part II [2 volumes]
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Cancer Ward ; Cancer Ward Part II [2 volumes]

by Solzhenitsyn, Alexander

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London: The Bodley Head 1968. 8vo. First edition. [8], 338 pp ; 279 pp. Blue hardbacks. Dust jackets (not price clipped). Clean boards and internal condition. Minor rubbing to extremities of jacket, a few marks but mostly clean. Solzhenitsyn, made internationally famous in 1962 by the publication of his novel, 'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich' considers 'Cancer Ward' his most important. It portrays the relationships of a group of people in a cancer ward of a provincial Soviet hospital, from under normal conditions to their eleventh hour of illness. The experiences of the central character, Oleg Kostoglotov, closely echo Solzhenitsyn's own, himself becoming a cancer ward patient in the mid 1950s, after being release from a concentration camp. Part II is a continuation of 'Cancer Ward' five weeks after the end of Part I, introducing several new characters which lend a lens to the various benefits and disadvantages of Soviet socialism, and lending insight to the conflict between liberals and conservatives in Russia today. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1968.

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
Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
71670
Title
Cancer Ward ; Cancer Ward Part II [2 volumes]
Author
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
The Bodley Head 1968
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1968
Size
8vo.
Keywords
Soviet Union,Contemporary Russia,Soviet socialism,Cancer
Bookseller catalogs
Literature; Modern First Editions;
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May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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