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Vladimir Soloukin. Winter Day (Зимный День). IN RUSSIAN. Includes Black Boards (Notes of a Beginning Collector) (Черные Доски) along with several other tales (see pic of table of contents).
Moscow: Советский Писатель, 1967. 287 pages. Small hardcover. Minor wear, white mark first page, otherwise about fine. Photo of author and the occasional illustration in text. 1 copy only.
Vladimir Soloukin was a writer and poet, who was a leading figure of the "Village prose" ("Деревенская литература") group of writers. Soloukhin's book describes his travels throughout the countryside in the 1950s and 1960s in search of discarded and hidden church icons. Sometimes, he discovered beautiful 16th century icons underneath layers of grime and over-painting, and he also found ancient icons chopped into bits and rotting away.
