Paris 1957 Literary Institute. Series: Library of "Culture", vol. XVI. 13.5x21 cm, pp. 57, softcover. Very good condition (minimal soiling of the cover).
First edition. A volume of short stories written on the basis of the author's own experiences. The protagonist and narrator of the title story, awarded a literary prize in the 1955 competition of the Parisian "Culture", is a doctor's assistant in a Soviet forced labor camp on the Volga River.