Prison Diaries

Kuznetsov, Edward, and Spier, Howard (Translator)

ISBN 10: 0812818105 / ISBN 13: 9780812818109

Published by Stein and Day, New York, 1975

About this Item

254 p., [2] leaves of plates: ill.; 22 cm. Occasional footnotes. Translation of Dnevniki. Introduction by Leonard Schapiro. A secretly kept daily account of Russian prison by a Jew who sought to escape from Russia and got caught. Condemned to death for such effrontery, his sentence was commuted to 15-years because of international protest. As carefully detailed and sensitive as Solzhenitsyn's accounts. Through diplomatic maneuvering, in 1979 Kuznetsov and Zalmanson were released from prison and allowed to leave the USSR. They immediately immigrated to Israel. He became a journalist; she a painter. Very good in good dust jacket. DJ has some wear and soiling. Pencil erasure residue on fep. First U.S. edition. Presumed first printing thus.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Prison Diaries
• Publisher: Stein and Day, New York
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812818105
• ISBN 13: 9780812818109
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Jews
  • Anti-Semitism

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Synopsis

Hardcover with unclipped jacket. Good condition. First US edition. Jacket is lightly tanned, marked and worn, with a few light creases; small chipped portions on the upper leading corners. The hardcover spine ends and one or two leading corners are bumped. Minor foxing on page block. Pages are clean; all content is clear. Translated by Howard Spier. Introduction by Leonard Schapiro. CM