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White Nights, The Story of a Prisoner in Russia

White Nights, The Story of a Prisoner in Russia

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White Nights, The Story of a Prisoner in Russia

by Begin, Menachem

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ISBN 13
9780060102890
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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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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.
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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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