{"product_id":"yevtushenko-e-autobiography-avtobiografiya-london-1964-in-russian","title":"Yevtushenko, E. Autobiography (Avtobiografiya). London, 1964. In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003eЕвгений Евтушенко. Автобиография.\u003cbr\u003eЛондон: Flegon Press, 1964.\u003cbr\u003e141 с. ; 19 × 12,3 см. В издательском коленкоровом переплете.\u003cbr\u003eВ хорошем состоянии. Без суперобложки.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eYevgeny Yevtushenko. Autobiography.\u003cbr\u003eLondon: Flegon Press, 1964.\u003cbr\u003e141 pp. ; 19 × 12.3 cm. In publisher’s cloth binding.\u003cbr\u003eIn good condition. Without dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1964 London edition is the most scandalous book in Yevgeny Yevtushenko's career. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the formation of the \"Sixtier\" poet's personality, including descriptions of his views on Soviet society, art, and politics that directly contradicted official ideology. Following its publication in the West (originally titled \"A Precocious Autobiography\"), Yevtushenko faced a massive orchestrated attack and persecution in the Soviet press. The campaign was spearheaded by the First Secretary of the Komsomol Central Committee, S. Pavlov, and the \"Komsomolskaya Pravda\" newspaper, both seeking to permanently remove the poet from literary life. In the USSR, the book was banned by censors and was never published until the Perestroika era. As a vital primary source, this volume documents the conflict between the \"Thaw\" intelligentsia and the party apparatus, as well as the crucial role of foreign publishers like Flegon Press in preserving uncensored Russian literature. Published in a compact format, this edition is a significant bibliographical rarity, of great interest to collectors of banned Soviet literature (Tamizdat) and 20th-century cultural historians.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44119564484650,"sku":"BOOK-YEVE-1P5A","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_8797.jpg?v=1771874529","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/yevtushenko-e-autobiography-avtobiografiya-london-1964-in-russian","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}