Books by Boris Pilnyak

Boris Pilnyak (1894-1938) is the author of "Mahogany, The Naked Year" (also published by Ardis), and "The Volga Falls to the Caspian Sea, " all works concerning revolutionary and post-revolutionary Russia. In 1937 he was arrested on charges of counter-revolutionary activities, spying, and terrorism. He was tried on April 21, 1938 (in a proceeding that lasted 15 minutes) and was condemned to death. Michael Green is Professor Emeritus of Russian literature at the University of California, Irvine. His articles on and translations of Russian writers have appeared in a wide variety of scholarly and literary journals.