Zhal', chto vas ne bylo s nami (Sorry you were not with us)
Moskva: Sovetskiy Pisatel', 1969. Hardcover. Cream front and blue back boards; black Cyrillic lettering; decorative end papers; 383 pp. with bw photo of the author. VG; clean, tight interior with museum ex-lib. book plate inside front cover; light wear to covers; unbroken spine. Item #140118
Text in Russian. Contains two sections. The first is Aksenov's first novel, Colleagues, based upon his experiences as a doctor. The second section, Stories, includes 9 short stories. Aksenov was part of the liberal Soviet intelligentsia but eventually ran afoul of the KGB, and two of his most dissident novels weren't allowed publication in the USSR. This is an original edition, not a recent reprint.
Price: $50.00