Goodnight!

Abram Tertz

Original title: Spokoĭnoĭ nochi

Translated by Richard Lourie first published 1984 Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991 paperback 384 pages

The persecuted Soviet author presents his latest novel--an autobiographical attempt to explain his 1965 trial and prosecution for writing fiction under a pseudonym--as a powerful indictment of the Soviet state.

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Richard Lourie 1 printing we hold · 1991 · Penguin (Non-Classics)

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Goodnight! (Penguin International Writers) paperback · 1991 · Penguin (Non-Classics) · 384 pages · 9780140068085
Goodnight! edition · 1989 · Viking · 364 pages

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