J a E Curtis (372 results)

Condition: Very Good. 4th edition reprint. VG condition book with dust jacket. Unclipped DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents, pen name fep, 639pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Fourth Edition. A very good copy of the stated fourth hard cover edition in a like (although price-clipped) dust-jacket. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding and jacket are bright and fresh in appearance. A lovely copy.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Minor wear & sunning to wraps. Light wear and soiling to edges of text block.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. _______________'Curtis spent a decade trying to negotiate her way past possessive Soviet archivists, and the result of her persistence is the most comprehensive selection of personal documents so far available in any language' - Simon Franklin, Times Literary Supplement'Ingeniously structured . an absorbing and, at times, uplifting book' - Robert Russell, Modern Language Review'An engaging and readable story of a life which wears its scholarship lightly . Rich and exciting material' - Jane Grayson, Slavonic and East European Review'Produces a lovely collage effect, the verbal equivalent of the photo album or scrapbook' - Laura D. Weeks, Russian Review_______________A reissued edition of the definitive biography of Mikhail Bulgakov, author of The Master and MargaritaThe Russian playwright and novelist Mikhail Bulgakov (1891 - 1940) is now widely acknowledged as one of the giants of twentieth-century Soviet literature, ranking with such luminaries as Pasternak and Solzhenitsyn. In his own lifetime, however, a casualty of Stalinist repression, he was scarcely published at all, and his plays reached the stage only with huge difficulty. His greatest masterpiece, The Master and Margarita, a novel written in the 1930s in complete secrecy, largely at night, did not appear in print until more than a quarter of a century after his death. It has since become a worldwide bestseller. In Manuscripts Don't Burn, J.A.E. Curtis has collated the fruits of eleven years of research to produce a fascinating chronicle of Bulgakov's life, using a mass of exciting new material - much of which has never been published before. In particular, she is the only Westerner to have been granted access to either Bulgakov's or his wife Yelena Sergeyevna's diaries, which record in vivid detail the nightmarish precariousness of life during the Stalinist purges. J.A.E Curtis combines these diaries with extracts from letters to and from Bulgakov and with her own illuminating commentary to create a lively and highly readable account. Her vast collection of Bulgakov's correspondence is unparalleled even in the USSR, and she draws on it judiciously to include letters addressed directly to Stalin, in which Bulgakov's pleads to be allowed to emigrate; letters to his sisters and to his brother in Paris whom he did not see for twenty years; intimate notes to his second and third wives; and letters to and from well-known writers such as Gorky and Zamyatin. Manuscripts Don't Burn provides a forceful and compelling insight into the pressures of day-to-day existence for a man fighting persecution in order to make a career as a writer in Stalinist Russia. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Condition: acceptable.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Hardback. Condition: Good. In Manuscripts Don't Burn the title a line from his famous novel, J.A. E. Curtis presents a gripping chronicle of Bulgakov's life, using as source material, among other documents, a partial copy of one of his diaries which was presumed lost and.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. University Tutorial Press, London, 1970. Hard cover. Book condition : Very good, clean unmarked text. Appears little read. Jacket has shelf wear. Book will be sent by UK postal service. Inventory #AF018359.

Hardback. Condition: Good. In Manuscripts Don't Burn the title a line from his famous novel, J.A. E. Curtis presents a gripping chronicle of Bulgakov's life, using as source material, among other documents, a partial copy of one of his diaries which was presumed lost and.

paperback. Condition: VeryGood. Page damage, A copy that may have been read, very minimal wear and tear. May have a remainder mark.

Paperback. Condition: New. Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940) has become the most popular Russian writer of the twentieth century, even though his works were banned for decades after his death due to the repressive Soviet censorship of literature. His great novel, The Master and Margarita (published only in 1973), was written in complete secrecy during the 1930s for fear of the writer being arrested and shot. In her revelatory new biography J.A.E. Curtis provides a fresh account of Bulgakov's idyllic childhood and youth in Kiev, which was swept away in the turmoil of the First World War, the Russian Revolution and Civil War.Early biographies of Bulgakov were limited in scope by the difficulty of gaining access to archives in the ussr in the 1970s and '80s. Since that time archives have become more accessible, and Curtis makes use of newhistorical documents, tracing Bulgakov's absolute determination to establish himself as a writer in Bolshevik Moscow, his three marriages and his triumphs as a dramatist in the 1920s. They also reveal how he struggled to defend his art and preserve his integrity in Russia, and the intensely close interest Stalin took in Bulgakov's work, personally weighing up each time whether his plays should be permitted or banned.Based upon many years of research, and taking in previously unpublished family papers and Soviet Politburo discussions, this is an absorbing account of the life and work of one of Russia's most inventive and exuberant novelists and playwrights.…

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Fourth Edition. 639 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. VG/VG. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. With a foreword by C. R. Morris. Usual library stamps and stickers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Biography of the great Russian writer, based in part on previously unavailable documents & records. Smallish paperback, light wear, clean & unmarked. 198 pages, b/w photos, brief bibliography. Size: 5" by 8".

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Dust Jacket is in near-fine condition, without tears or chips. Top edge spotted/dusty. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0879514620. ISBN/EAN: 9780879514624. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 20947. …

Condition: Good. 1967. Reprinted. 456 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Text and images are unmarked; pages are bright. Binding has a lean. Dust jacket shows just a little edgewear. 306pp.

Condition: Good. 1956. Second Edition. 563 pages. Grey jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are mildly tanned, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Gilt remains bright. Light rubbing and scuffing overall. Unclipped jacket. Light tanning to spine, edges and joints. Panels have light edgewear, with small tears, chips and creases, heavier to spine ends. Moderate marking to exterior.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 24-48 hours from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

Paperback. Condition: New. After Evgeny Zamiatin emigrated from the USSR in 1931, he was systematically airbrushed out of Soviet literary history, despite the central role he had played in the cultural life of Russia's northern capital for nearly twenty years. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, his writings have gradually been rediscovered in Russia, but with his archives scattered between Russia, France, and the USA, the project of reconstructing the story of his life has been a complex task. This book, the first full biography of Zamiatin in any language, draws upon his extensive correspondence and other documents in order to provide an account of his life which explores his intimate preoccupations, as well as uncovering the political and cultural background to many of his works. It reveals a man of strong will and high principles, who negotiated the political dilemmas of his day-including his relationship with Stalin-with great shrewdness. …

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Englishman from Lebedian: A Life of Evgeny Zamiatin. Book.