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Morrison, Toni

Song of Solomon. First Morrison's book in Russian.

Song of Solomon. First Morrison's book in Russian.

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Morrison, Toni [Song of Solomon]. Pesn' Solomona. A novel.

Translation from English by E. Korotkova.
Preface by N. Anastas'ev. 
Book design by A. Semenov. 

Moskva, Progress, 1982.
18vo, 379 pp., 3 pp. of ad.

In publisher's hardcover.
Near very good condition.

Toni Morrison's first appearance in Russian. 

The translation was done by Ekaterina Korotkova (1930-2020), a writer and translator, and the daughter of Vasily Grossman. She was renowned for her translations of works by Charles Dickens, O. Henry, William Thackeray, and various other authors.

OCLC locates two copies only, in University of Mississippi and in The Netherlands.

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