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Mar 5, 2016 · And Quiet Flows the Don is the great classic monumental novel so favorably compared to Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace." Like the Tolstoy novel, And Quiet Flows the Don is an epic picture of Russian life during a time of crisis and examines it through political, military, romantic, and civilian lenses. It took fourteen years to complete.
Feb 2, 2017 · And Quiet Flows the Don and The Dawn Flows to the Sea cover the expanse of Russian history from pre-WWI Tsardom to Soviet times. As the Great Powers battle, the lives of one family and one village are swept up in the tidal wave of world history. If you had to find a comparable novel, I would offer Herman Wouk’s WWII epics.
The first complete and uncensored edition of Quiet Flows the Don, by Nobel Prize winner Mikhal Sholokhov, is being released in two volumes. This Russian epic, set during the turbulent years of WWI ...
And Quiet Flows the Don depicts four periods in the life of a Cossack family: the harsh but simple, everyday realities of the rural, prewar Don region; the disruptive demands of war commitments ...
And Quiet Flows the Don was published in 1928 in the Soviet Union, and in the United States in 1934. Its sequel, The Don Flows Home to the Sea (available in Vintage Books), was finished in 1939, and appeared in America in 1940. Although each is complete in itself, the two books are often referred to under the title The Silent Don.
And Quiet Flows the Don was published in 1928 in the Soviet Union, and in the United States in 1934. Its sequel, The Don Flows Home to the Sea (available in Vintage Books), was finished in 1939, and appeared in America in 1940. Although each is complete in itself, the two books are often referred to under the title The Silent Don.
Feb 2, 2017 · An extraordinary Russian masterpiece, And Quiet Flows the Don follows the turbulent fortunes of the Cossack people through peace, war and revolution - among them the proud and rebellious Gregor Melekhov, who struggles to be with the woman he loves as his country is torn apart. Borne of Mikhail Sholokhov's own early life in the lands of the ...
