The Oak and the Calf: Sketches of Literary Life in the Soviet UnionThe author recounts his ten-year struggle with the government of his native Russia in his attempts to have his works published in his own country. |
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The Writer Underground | 1 |
Out of Hiding | 18 |
On the Surface | 50 |
Copyright | |
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