SOLZHENITSYN - AUGUST 1914. FIRST ENGLISH PUBLICATION

August 1914 is a novel by Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn about Imperial Russia's defeat at the The Battle of Tannenberg in East Prussia. The novel was completed in 1970, first published in 1971, and an English translation was first published in 1972. The novel is an unusual blend of fiction narrative and hitoriography, and has given rise to extensive and often bitter controversy, both from the literary as well as from the historical point of view. THE BODLEY HEAD 1972. Hard cover with dust jacket. 645 pages.The book had not been read much. Binding is tight and the text is clean. Mild foxing in front and back. Inside of dust jacket also foxed. Small library stamp. Map: The Battle Area of Tannenberg in the back. Marks on inside of back cover where paper was glued.Shipping to anywhere in SA is R35.