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August 1914

by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Farrar. (Red Wheel, Bk. 1). Aug. 2014. 896p. tr. from Russian by H.T. Willetts. ISBN 9780374534691. $20.

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The monumental and controversial 1971 fictionalized study of the ill-fated Russian offensive into East Prussia and the impending revolution. To be reissued for the centenary.

Reviewed by Edwin B. Burgess, Margaret Heilbrun , Nov 01, 2013

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