Day of the Oprichnik [Signed]

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); light blue paper-covered boards with titling stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-191,[9]pp. Signed by both the author, Sorokin, and translator, Gambrell, on title page. Designed by Jonathan D. Lippincott. Light shelf-wear and -soil to spine ends and board edges; Very Good+. Dustwrapper, designed by Marina Drukman with photograph by Eberhard Schorr, unclipped (priced $23.00), with trace shelf-soil, else Near Fine. First published in Russia as Den' oprichnika (2006), this English translation of Sorokin's novel focuses on a dystopian future as Russia isolates itself from the world. [86080]. (Inventory #: 86080)