White Nights, The Story of a Prisoner in Russia
by Begin, Menachem
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in very good dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0060102896
- ISBN 13
- 9780060102890
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1977. First U.S. Edition. 8vo. 5-3/4" x 8-1/2." Black cloth covered boards. Spine stamped in silver. Orange endpapers. Fine in very good dust jacket.. Translated from the Hebrew by Katie Kaplan. The Times of London has called White Nights "nothing less than one of the greatest pieces of prison literature in the world." It is the account of Prime Minister Begin's incarceration in a series of Soviet prisons, and his eventual release and arrival in Israel to become the leader of his country. The title refers, ironically, both to the endless daylight of the Siberian tundra and the constant floodlights of the prison interrogators as they attempted to force confessions from their captives. But while the horrors of prison life under the Soviet regime are made heartbreakingly clear, Begin's dry sense of humor only throws his experience into sharper relief. His crime "was belief in Zionism, and the time of testing he describes in this book vividly brings to life the formation of his own inner character and the sense of mission which he so evidently brings to his present awesome responsibilities.
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- Bookseller
- Frogtown Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 439
- Title
- White Nights, The Story of a Prisoner in Russia
- Author
- Begin, Menachem
- Format/Binding
- 8vo. 5-3/4" x 8-1/2." Black cloth covered boards. Spine stamped in silver. Orange endpapers
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in very good dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060102896
- ISBN 13
- 9780060102890
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
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