Poezdka v Indiyu. [A Passage to India]. Novel.: Translation by Vasiliy Isakov.

Limited to 10 300 copies.

First and only edition of the translation.

Second and last Forster's life-time book in Russian.

Very rare.

First it was issued by privately-owned publishing house in 1926 by translator Lidiya Nekrasova (was arrested during Grate Purge and died in prison). Our copy is from the edition of second translation appeared in the State publishing company in 1937. The edition has no any preface or comments. The novel was translated by Vasiliy Isakov. Not so much known about his days and works. Probably, he prepared his translation occasionally.

Forster's novels were not widely known in Russia earlier and still a few people know his books. Though in 2017 the third new translation of Passage to India printed in Moscow.

In June 1935 Forster participated in the International Congress for the Defense of Culture in Paris, where he talked about communism as a hope for the future. Later, Forster was impressed by Andre Gide's Back from the U.S.S.R. (1937), where the author wrote about 'the denial of creative freedom' in the Soviet Union. Forster was also disappointed with Lenin's interest 'in the creation and enjoyment of works of art'.

We couldn't trace any copy in USA or European libraries via OCLC.