fall titan von gouzenko igor (19 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.74.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.8.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good condition. Book Club edition. 629 p. 22 cm.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Later printing. Translated by Mervyn Black. Spine slightly cocked and faintly tanned, foredge lightly bumped, boards with modest edgewear, very good, lacking the dust jacket. The titan of the title is modeled after Russian writer Maxim Gorky in this historical novel of a writer/revolutionary hero who returns to Stalinist Russia. Winner of Canada's Governor General's Award for fiction in 1954.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Very good Book yellowed on spine. Cover rubbed. Bumped corners.

Zustand: Very Good. Book club. Very good. Spine faded.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very GOOD. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: NONE. Deckled 629 unmarked pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Quarter bound in white cloth over dull red paper boards, white lettering on black panel on spine. Stain from possible ticker on front cover. All cloth corners have heavy wear exposing cardboard with fraying. Ends of spine are bumped. Light soiling on white cloth covers.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Inevitably, one feels that in depicting Novikov, a scholar who molded himself into a "Soviet man", he has tapped his own knowledge of the techniques used to break down a man's resistance, to destroy his moral sense, to corrupt wholly. This figure is set in opposition to the "titan", Mikhail Gorin, a giant literary figure (based, the publishers indicate, on Maxim Gorki), recalled by Stalin to add to the propaganda publishing of the state which he had helped, in earlier years, bring into being. It is a fascinating and horrifying story, with intricate subplots involving insatiable lust for power, petty jockeying for position, ruthless elimination of all who differ from authority, and elimination of any independence even in affairs of the heart. Novikov, really in love with Gorin's daughter, Nina, is instructed to forget it and turn elsewhere; then when his marriage to Lida brings her momentary happiness, that too is negated by her father's arrest as "enemy of the people". The book builds up to an inevitable climax of disaster, as Gorin forcibly recognizes the position into which he has been tricked - and Novikov descends to the depths of infamy. But the final note is one of faint hope, that there is still the spark of faith in man. The story has the sweep and power of Russian classical literature, and despite its length, is a holding and moving reading experience from start to finish. " Igor Sergeyevich Gouzenko was a cipher clerk for the Soviet Embassy to Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. He defected on September 5, 1945, with 109 documents on Soviet espionage activities in the West. This forced Prime Minister Mackenzie King to call a Royal Commission to investigate espionage in Canada. The New York Times described Gouzenko's actions as having "awakened the people of North America to the magnitude and the danger of Soviet espionage." Gouzenko and his family were given another identity by the Canadian government out of fear of Soviet reprisals. Little is known about his life afterwards, but it is understood that he and his wife settled down to a middle-class existence under an assumed name in the Toronto suburb of Clarkson. They raised eight children together. He was, however, involved in a defamation case against Maclean's for a libelous article written about him. The case was eventually heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. Gouzenko managed to keep in the public eye, however, writing two books, This Was My Choice, a non-fiction account of his defection and the novel The Fall of a Titan, which won a Governor General's Award in 1954. Gouzenko also appeared routinely on television to promote his books or air a grievance with the RCMP, always with a hood over his head. Gouzenko died of a heart attack in 1982 at Mississauga, Canada.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 680 pages. Dj worn. Text foxed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardback. With dust jacket. Photograph available on request.

1st Translated Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 680 pages; Description: 680 p. 21 cm. Subjects: Soviet Union --Russia --Novel. 1 Kg.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Quarter bound in publisher's white cloth over brick boards, white lettering on black panel on spine, fore-edge deckle. Slightly worn edges, spine moderately soiled, otherwise unmarked, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (vi), 629 pp.

Hardback. 680pp (1954).*Novel based on the life of Gorky. VG in DW.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st UK Edition. 680 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Some markings on the ffep. Page edges are lightly darkened. Bound in black cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Lightly worn around the edges, lightly scuffed. Black dustjacket in very good condition with red titles. Worn around the edges. Lightly darkened on the spine. 1ST UK EDITION. NPC. VG+/VG. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st UK Edition. 680 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Marked and smudged on the ffep. Page edges are lightly darkened and foxed. Bound in black cloth with orange titles on the spine. Lightly worn around the edges. Black dustjacket in good condition with red titles. Worn around the edges with chips, creases, and tears. Jacket is darkened. 1ST UK EDITION. NPC. VG/G. Book.

8vo. pp. 2 p.l., 629. quarter cloth. dw. (some foxing to spine & dw., sections clipped from dw. flaps). 16-page publisher's prospective laid in, stapled as issued illus. 1 in colour). Signed Presentation copy to Canadian scholar, journalist & broadcaster James Eayrs, "a wonderful person, a great dedicated fighter for preservation of freedom, with respect and admiration", dated August 13th, '74. Stated 'Special Prepublication Edition, July 19', with 'Book of the Month Club Selection' on dw., but there is no signed limitation leaf, and it otherwise appears to be a first American edition. Winner of a Governor-General's Award in 1954.