Ostrovsky, N. Born of the Storm (Rozhdennye burey), 1938. In Russian.

Островский Н.
Рожденные бурей.
Москва : Государственное издательство «Художественная литература», 1938.
256 с. ; Уменьшенный формат. Твердый издательский переплет.
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Ostrovsky, Nikolai.
Born of the Storm.
Moscow : State Publishing House of Fiction (Khudozhestvennaya Literatura), 1938.
256 pp. ; Small format. Hardcover. 

This 1938 edition of Born of the Storm is a significant artifact of the early Soviet literary canon, published just two years after the death of Nikolai Ostrovsky. While his first novel, How the Steel Was Tempered, became a foundational text of Socialist Realism, this second work—completed while the author was blind and terminally ill—offers a deep dive into the internal logic of the revolutionary struggle in Western Ukraine during the transition from the First World War to the Civil War. The text chronicles the arrangement of socio-political forces on the borderlands, focusing on the awakening of class consciousness among the youth and the heroic resistance against foreign intervention. The novel was intended as a broad historical epic, and though Ostrovsky only lived to complete the first volume, it remains a vital example of the "heroic" literary style that defined the aesthetic of the 1930s.
Presented in a convenient, portable small format with a sturdy 1930s hardcover, this volume was produced by Khudozhestvennaya Literatura during a peak period of Ostrovsky’s posthumous veneration. The design reflects the solemn, disciplined aesthetic of the era, intended for wide distribution among the Soviet populace as an inspirational manual of revolutionary ethics. The 256-page narrative serves as a bridge between historical documentary and epic fiction, detailing the labor movements and clandestine battles of the Western Ukrainian proletariat. For bibliophiles, historians of Soviet culture, and collectors of pre-war literature, this 1938 Moscow imprint is a vital primary source, documenting the final creative efforts of an author who became a global icon of the indomitable human spirit.