{"product_id":"2026200009013-secondhand-malva-and-other-tales","title":"Malva And Other Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Fair to Good.  The pages show age-related tanning and yellowing. The binding appears intact. No dust jacket present. A frontispiece portrait photograph of Maxim Gorky is visible. Some wear consistent with age. No obvious tears or major damage to the visible pages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark collection of short fiction from one of Russia's most celebrated literary voices, Malva and Other Tales gathers together some of Maxim Gorky's most powerful and evocative short works, translated from the Russian. Gorky chronicles the lives of the dispossessed and downtrodden — vagabonds, peasants, and outcasts — with unflinching realism and deep compassion. The title story, Malva, presents a vivid portrait of desire and moral ambiguity set against the stark beauty of the Caspian Sea, while the surrounding tales illustrate the raw, often brutal texture of Russian provincial life at the turn of the twentieth century. Written with a spare, muscular prose style, the collection argues powerfully for the dignity of the human spirit even in the most degraded circumstances, cementing Gorky's reputation as the father of Soviet literature and a towering figure of world fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48893803659483,"sku":"2026200009013-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/3789df09-fd52-49d4-87eb-2bcb1ad48207.png?v=1782040153","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200009013-secondhand-malva-and-other-tales","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}