VIESELY Artem

RUSSIA BY BLOOD

Vol. 1-2 [set in 2 volumes].

W-wa 1934, Tow. Wydawnicze "Rój"; pp. 302, [1]; 246, [1]; format 12.5x19 cm

HARDCOVER HALF CLOTH CONTEMPORARY STYLIZED PERIOD BINDING. SPINES WITH RAISED SCROLLS, EMBOSSING, GILT AND COLORED SIGNBOARDS. TOP TRIM STAINED. MARBLED PAPERBOARD.

Veselas ARTIOM, owned by Nikolai I. Kochurov, b. Sept. 29, 1899, Samara, d. Dec. 2, 1938, Russian writer;
to 1926 member of the literary group Pereyeval; from 1929 member of RAPP; practiced so-called "ornamental prose", characterized by a variety of "ornaments". Ornamental prose, characterized by unclouded metaphors, rhythmic lyrical digressions and loose composition; novel epic about the time of the October Revolution and civil war, Russia bathed in blood (1932, 1st Polish edition titled Russia washed with blood 1934), historical novel Gulaj, Volga! (1932), short stories, dramas; 1937 arrested, died in unexplained circumstances.

Condition DB+/ minor soiling and loss of margins of initial k. in t1.; EFFECTIVE COVER.