Mindlin, Lev (1954) Gladkikh, Sergei, designer Kurtu, Valeriu, artist	Sovki. Rasskazy., Berlin, Buchhandlung Raduga 2001., 349 p. original covers, VERY GOOD., FIRST EDITION	€25,00

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8 vo., AUTOGRAPHED. Author´s second book printed outside Russia. Collection of brilliant short stories by a talented Sumgait born author. Lev Mindlin emigrated to Germany in 1991 on German resettlement program of late 1980s and early 1990s for Russian-speaking Jews of short-lived SNG. The author graduated from Baku Oil and Chemistry Institute and worked as a leading engeneer in Shevchenko (Kazakhstan) and Moscow. The book illustrated by a Moldavian cartoonist and artist Valeriu Kurtu, a husband of Iuliia Kurtu, a prominent Berlin children educator, ceramist and sculptor. Valeriu Kurtu exhibited in Berlin, Malmö (Sweden), Russia and Moldavia. His works can be found at Berlin´s Center Judaicum collection. This publication is a part of larger short-lived publishing project by 'Raduga' book store. Book shop 'Raduga' was Berlin´s best Russian bookstore in 2000s, specializing in Russian and émigré literature. The shop was located close to Russian (former Soviet) Embassy complex.Till mid 1990s it was a popular gathering place for Berlin´s Russian literati, musicians and artists, where Russian émigrés and 'curators' from RHWK, Berlin and Soviet Embassy clerks mixed. There were three or four books more books printed by book shop, before the project failed around 2004 and 'Raduga' moved to Charlottenburg quarters.