7 Portraits Out Of 280 Million: The Man From A Legend
A Collection of Essays
Small RARE paperback from PROGRESS PUBLISHERS, Moscow 1988
ISBN: 5010004992
Measures approx 16.5cm x 11.5cm; 200 pages
Translated from Russian by Sharon Mckee
"Every year, a collection of sketches about people of various professions, ages, life-styles and educational levels, but all living and working today in the USSR, is published under the heading "SEVEN PORTRAITS OUT OF 280 MILLION" . . .
. . . They all reveal the traits of character which are typical of millions of Soviet people, the true source of the strength of the Soviet people, and provide the key to the 'riddle' of its psychology."
The legends about Gargarin . . . They were born during the lifetime of the first cosmonaut, and they were bound to appear because we can count the people like him in human history on our two hands.
In the summer of 1961 the newspapers of the world were writing about another legendary Russian, the weight lifter Yuri Vlasov.
What is chess: science? sports? art?
This question is posed by Gari Kasparov, the youngest wold champion in the history of the game.
"The Man from a Legend" is about people with a variety of jobs, interests and experiences. All seven essays are united in spirit by the worlds spoken more than a quarter-century ago by Yuri Gagarin: "It's a very small world we've got and we have to take care of it . . . "
Condition: Some scuffing and minor creasing to cover with minor scattered marks. Clean pages with minor handling. Intact in good readable / collectable condition as per photos.
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