Ivan shmelyov (14 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Stiff paper wraps, illustrated front cover clean, slight wear to edges. Lower front tip pushed a bit both on the cover and early pages. Pages clean, no writing or markings. Binding tight, spine not creased, spine edges lightly worn at top and bottom.Translated from Russian with a Preface by Olga Sorokin.…

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. Second Printing, August 1928. Purple cloth boards with paste-on title blocks on spine and front cover. Interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows light general soiling; a short closed tear to the bottom edge of the front panel; very small chips at corners; price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. xii + 147 pages. A short novel by the Russian emigre author Ivan Shmelev, first published in August 1928. The story is deeply rooted in Russian Orthodox spirituality and centers around the wonder-working icon of the Mother of God,''The Inexhaustible Cup''. Set in the late 1870s, Shmelev's narrative weaves a tale featuring the gifted serf who painted the icon, exploring the spiritual nature of artistic creation, inner transformation, and the redemptive power of faith. It is heavily shaped by Orthodox liturgical and hymnographic traditions, reflecting Shmelev's characteristic style of depicting pre-revolutionary Russian rural and spiritual life. ''Here the great Russian literary artist writes an exquisite novel of a young Russian painter--a serf of a hundred years ago--whose deeply religious sould and burning human love resulted in a masterpiece of curious power. This is the story of a genius--a book of the joy of art, love, religion, shining in the pathos and brutality of human life.'' [front flap] Ivan Shmelev (1873-1950) was born in Moscow and following the October Revolution of 1917, fled to France. Fifty years after his death, in 2000, the remains of Shmelev and his wife were transferred from the Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois Russian Cemetery near Paris to the necropolis of Donskoy Monastery in Moscow.…

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Couverture souple. Condizione: Très bon. First edition; publisher's printed cover lightly stained; inside as new, uncut volume; 245 pages.

hardcover. Condizione: New.