TVARDOVSKY, Aleksandr — Za Daliu-Dal ("Distance Beyond Distance")
1961, Very Good, Very Good, Hardcover, 200 1961, An important long poem, a contemplative work presented as a journey across Siberia. In it, the narrator meets a friend returning from a labor camp. Stalinism is condemned as a deviation from Leninism. Wonderfully illustrated seems to be first edition. Dustjacket frayed and torn along the extremities, some discoloring. Tvardovsky was a long time chief editor of the famous literary magazine Novy Mir. This edition very rare. Pictures on request.