Hutchinson, London, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 685 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Previous owner's signature in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. Suppressed by the Soviet Union for over 20 years, this is a novel written in the tradition of the Russian social novel of the 19th century. Anatoli Rybakov waited 20 years for his part-autobiographical, part-historical novel about life in the Soviet Union during the early 1930s to be released in his own country. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Historical fiction; Russia; 20th century; ISBN: 0091737427. ISBN/EAN: 9780091737429. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10298. . 9780091737429

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Children of the Arbat is a novel by Anatoli Rybakov that recounts the era in the Soviet Union of the build-up to the 'Congress of the Victors', the early years of the second Five Year Plan and the (supposed) circumstances of the murder of Sergey Kirov prior to the beginning of the Great Purge.

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Bookseller: Great Southern Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 10298
Title: Children of the Arbat
Author: Rybakov, Anatoli
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0091737427
ISBN 13: 9780091737429
Publisher: Hutchinson
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1988
Keywords: BZDB137 moscow, 1930's, stalin, the arbat, rybakov, Fiction; Historical fiction; Russia; 20th century; Unbranded ISBN: 0091737427 EAN: 9780091737429 Rybakov, Anatoli Children of the Arbat

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