A HERO'S DAUGHTER (First UK edition and first edition in English)

First impression of the first edition in English, with full number-string sequence including the no. "1": 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 on the printer's page. Translated from the Russian by Geoffrey Strachan. ***Near fine in black cloth-covered boards with silver titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. Edges of boards just slightly rubbed. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Just a very small edge nick to page 135/6. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Pages bright. No foxing. No creases or tears. ***In a near fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £16.99. No creases, chips or tears. Dustwrapper clean and bright. ***224mm x 138mm. 163 pages. ***'During World War II Ivan Demilov is made a Hero of the Soviet Union, the Red Army's highest award for bravery, and an honour that secures him both society's respect and some modest privileges. But by the time perestroika dawns in the Eighties, the glory of Soviet victory has faded from the collective memory and Ivan begins to lose his way in the new, forward-looking climate. ***In contrast, Ivan's daughter Olya appears to be thriving: as an interpreter with the Moscow International Trade Centre she has access to a prosperous, metropolitan lifestyle far beyond her parent's dreams. But Olya's work is not all it seems, and she slowly begins to realise that for her the price of success may be higher than she is willing to pay.' ***'Masterly' Paul Bailey, Independent Books of the Year - Review quote about A Life's Music. (Quote and review quote taken from the dustwrapper). ***'Andrei Sergeevich Makin is a French novelist. He also publishes under the pseudonym Gabriel Osmonde. Andreï Makine was born in Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union on 10 Sep 1957 and grew up in the city of Penza about 700 kilometres (435 mi) south-east of Moscow. As a boy, having acquired familiarity with France and its language from his French-born grandmother (it is not certain whether Makine had a French grandmother; in later interviews, he claimed to have learned French from a friend), he wrote poems in both French and his native Russian. In 1987, he went to France as a member of a teacher's exchange program and decided to stay. He was granted political asylum and was determined to make a living as a writer in French. However, Makine had to present his first manuscripts as translations from Russian to overcome publishers' skepticism that a newly arrived exile could write so fluently in a second language. Makine's novels include "Dreams of My Russian Summers" (1995) which won two top French awards, the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Médicis. He was elected to seat 5 of the Académie Française on 3 March 2016, succeeding Assia Djebar.' (Wiki) ***First impression of the first UK edition, and first edition in English, in its original dustwrapper in near fine condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…