Kanuny (Stikhi 1915-1921 g.) [Eves. Poems 1915-1921]

Berlin: Izdatelstvo "Mysl", 1921. Softcover. Berlin: Izdatelstvo "Mysl", 1921. First edition; 5 3/4 x 3 3/4; light brown wraps, ruled and printed in dark brown; small nicks to tips of spine; thin, closed cut to spine along bottom of front wrap; small puncture to upper margin of title page; very good condition.One of Erenburg's (1891-1967) earlier books, the current poetry collection was published shortly after he moved to Germany, where he would remain until 1924. He also lived and worked in Paris and several other European cities well into the 1940s, where he kept in close contact with many of the other prominent Russian dissident intellectuals, including Pasternak, Esenin, and Maiakovskii. After returning to Russia, he would write his famous novel "Ottepel" (1954-56, The Thaw), whose title would be used to describe the de-Stalinization program of Nikita Khrushchev