








The Last Summer
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1951.
A dream-like reminciense of the summer 1914 “when life still appears to pay heed to individuals, and when it was easier and more natural to love than to hate” by a young Muscovite, Serezha. Tired after a long journey, he falls into a restless sleep and half-remembers, half-dreams the incidents of the last summer of peace before the First World War 'when life appeared to pay heed to individuals'. As tutor in a wealthy, unsettled Moscow household he focuses his intense romanticism on Mrs Arild, his employer's paid companion, while spending his nights with the prostitute Sashka.
Condition grading: Good. Some areas of wear to spine. Some light creases to front cover. Some marks to top edge of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1951.
A dream-like reminciense of the summer 1914 “when life still appears to pay heed to individuals, and when it was easier and more natural to love than to hate” by a young Muscovite, Serezha. Tired after a long journey, he falls into a restless sleep and half-remembers, half-dreams the incidents of the last summer of peace before the First World War 'when life appeared to pay heed to individuals'. As tutor in a wealthy, unsettled Moscow household he focuses his intense romanticism on Mrs Arild, his employer's paid companion, while spending his nights with the prostitute Sashka.
Condition grading: Good. Some areas of wear to spine. Some light creases to front cover. Some marks to top edge of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.