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Passionate and pround, Grigory Melekhov is the most memorable hero in soviet literature. He is at first attracted by the communists' promises of social justice, but soon repelled by their violent methods and finds himself embroiled in the Cossack campaign against them. His is a personal struggle in which loves and loyalties are tested to the full, but also a struggle which reflects the spirit of Russia as a whole during the years of revolution. Reflecting the mixed Cossack and peasant upbringing of Sholokhov himself, Quiet Flows The Don introduces a myriad of caracters in work is essential to an understanding of modern which is essential to an appreciation of Russia's great literary tradition.Product Identifiers
PublisherOrion Publishing Group
ISBN-139780460878906
eBay Product ID (ePID)91934699
Product Key Features
Book TitleQuiet Flows the Don
AuthorMikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterature, Books
Publication Year1997
Number of Pages1408 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height234mm
Item Width156mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorMikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom