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Condition Note: yellow stains on some pages, no pen/pencil marks

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Dombrovsky's tale of an exiled intellectual who, in the far province of Alma-Ata, becomes an archeologist and is arrested and interrogated by a Stalinist prosecutor (who will later himself become a target of the Great Terror), is largely autobiographical. It is also vivid and courageous fiction, bringing to life a host of stunning characters including a young archeologist, an ex-priest obsessed with Christ's betrayal in the Gospels, and an eccentric street artist with a penchant for outlandish attire and evocative, illogical paintings.

Author: Yury Dombrovsky, Alan Myers (Translator)
Publisher: Harvill
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781860463433

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