Faulkner, William [Turnabout]. Polnii Povorot Krugom. Stories.

Series Biblioteka "Ogonek" No 50.
Translation by E. Golysheva and B. Izakov.
Illustrations by V. Goriaev.

Moskva, Pravda, 1963.
12mo, 46, [2] pp., ill.

In original wrappers with portrait.
In good condition, tears to front cover, small stains to cover, spine and back cover lightly rubbed, owner mark to title page.

Rare first book edition of these stories in Russian.

This collection of stories includes 'Turnabout' (1932) and 'Delta Autumn' (1942). 'Turnabout' is considered one of Faulkner's most popular stories and is renowned as the best-known among his World War I fictions. 'Delta Autumn' is one of the seven stories from the novel 'Go Down, Moses'.
It's worth noting that in the foreword, Faulkner was referred to as 'a defender of African American rights' due to his exploration of racial discrimination in the Southern United States in his books. The William Faulkner Foundation and scholarship programs for African Americans are also mentioned in this context.
The translation was prepared by Elena Golysheva (1906-1984) and Boris Izakov (1903-1988). Together, they translated novels by Graham Greene, Arthur Miller, and John Priestley, and they also completed the first Russian translation of Hemingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea'.
The illustrations were created by the graphic artist and caricaturist Vitalii Goryaev (1910-1982). He received his education at VKhUTEIN and the Moscow Polygraphic Institute under Dmitry Moor and Vladimir Favorsky. Goryaev visited the United States in 1958, and the result of his trip was a series of drawings depicting daily life in America, titled 'The Americans at Home'.
In 1964, Andrei Tarkovsky directed a radio drama adaptation of 'Turnabout', which marked his first and only adaptation for radio. Due to its perceived pacifism and unique sound, 'Turnabout' was broadcast only once on Central Asian radio in 1965, in place of the regular nocturnal concert of classical music. The audio drama was subsequently banned, and records were stored in the archive with the designation 'Strictly limited to use'. The broadcast premiere took place only in 1987.

Libman, # 6325.

OCLC locates four copies of this edition in USA: in the University of Virginia Library, in the Yale University Library, in the Harvard College Library and in the University of California.