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Overall Condition: Good – Cover has a bend – Page 8 has a small tear on the fore edge side of page.
Pages: 185
Inscriptions: Previous owener details in pen on flysheet
Binding: Good – No Loose Covers/Pages
Faithful Ruslan by Georgi Vladimov is a haunting, allegorical masterpiece set in the grim aftermath of Stalin’s gulags. In a remote Siberian outpost, a loyal guard dog named Ruslan clings to his training and unwavering devotion to his long-gone master, even after the prison camp is dismantled and the prisoners are set free. Once a proud enforcer in a world of brutality and submission, Ruslan struggles to make sense of his new reality, where the strict rules and punishments of the past no longer apply.
Based on Vladimov’s own experiences under Soviet oppression and informed by the harrowing history of Stalin’s labour camps — to which his own mother was sentenced — this daring novel channels biting satire and poignant tragedy through the eyes of a faithful, uncomprehending animal. As Ruslan and his fellow guard dogs wait in vain for new prisoners, their misplaced loyalty becomes a powerful metaphor for the psychological scars left by totalitarian regimes.
Once circulated underground in samizdat and often mistaken for the work of Solzhenitsyn, Faithful Ruslan is a darkly ironic and deeply human indictment of systemic cruelty, blind obedience, and the lingering shadows of tyranny.
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