first edition
1971 · New York
by [RUSSIA] [PRISONS] BERGER, Joseph
New York: John Day Co, 1971. First American Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's tan cloth titled in red to spine. Dustjacket. 286pp. Clean and bright, very light wear to extremities of cloth; internally clean; in a strong example of the pictorial dustjacket with some minor wear and creasing to spine ends and some slight soiling to white rear panel. A very good copy.
Berger's autobiographical account of the 21 years he spent in Stalin's prisons and work camps, focussing on the other prisoners he encountered and worked with, the majority of whom either died of privation, or were executed. Originally published in the UK under the title "Shipwreck of A Generation. (Inventory #: 84426)
Berger's autobiographical account of the 21 years he spent in Stalin's prisons and work camps, focussing on the other prisoners he encountered and worked with, the majority of whom either died of privation, or were executed. Originally published in the UK under the title "Shipwreck of A Generation. (Inventory #: 84426)