Agurskii, M. S., E. V. Barabanov, V. M. Borisov and others

Iz-pod glyb: Sbornik statei [From Under the Rubble: A Collection of Essays]

Paris: YMCA-Press, 1974. Item #1478

276 p., [6] p. of plates; in original black textured cloth binding with gilt title. Excellent condition.

First edition of the seminal underground anthology of essays reflecting on Russia’s ideological, cultural, and spiritual crisis. Contributors include Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and mathematician Igor Shafarevich, whose controversial views in this volume marked the beginning of Solzhenitsyn’s public criticism for Russian nationalism and conservatism.

Smuggled into the Soviet Union, the collection circulated widely via samizdat and became a focal point of ideological debate among dissidents and liberal intelligentsia.

Price: $150.00