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In publisher's wrappers. 272 pp. Very good. Rare. From a review by Gaito Gazdanov: "An excellent story by Pyotr Balakshin, Spring over Fillmore. There are not many things in Russian foreign literature that could be compared with this short story in terms of emotional density, freshness, unmistakable and beautiful rhythm - one that cannot be explained and which cannot be learned. The impression of the immediate power of perception, combined with undeniable and almost unconscious literary art, Balakshin s obvious, undoubted talent is such rare things that one cannot help but pay attention to them. Gaito Gazdanov Modern Notes Paris, 1936. Pyotr Petrovich Balakshin (1898 1990) - prose writer, critic, translator, emigration historian. After the revolution he joined the ranks of the whites, in 1921 he emigrated to Japan, then to Shanghai and, finally, to the West Coast of the United States. Balakshin studied to be an architect at the University of California. After World War II, he served in the American intelligence agencies and visited Japan, Korea, and Greece. During the Korean War he worked on the staff of General D. MacArthur. The book was published as the second volume of Balakshin's collected works, which were not completed. Seller Inventory # 13617
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