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The novel is considered one of the most significant works of world and Russian literature in the 20th century. It depicts the lives and struggles of Don Cossacks during the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and Russian Civil War. In 1965, Sholokhov was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for the novel.
And Quiet Flows the Don is a wonderfully authentic and moving portrait of the Cossack people set against the backdrop of World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Sholokhov masterfully explores the full gamut of human experience in this novel, leaving no stone unturned.
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- Mikhail Sholokhov
Dec 17, 1989 · In the same vein as War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy, And Quiet Flows the Don gives readers a glimpse into many aspects of Russian culture, and the choices a country makes when faced with war and destruction.
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- Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov
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Oct 24, 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.
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- Mikhail Sholokhov
Mikhail Sholokhov’s groundbreaking epic novel gives a sweeping depiction of Russian life and culture in the early 20th century. In the same vein as War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy, And Quiet Flows the Don gives readers a glimpse into many aspects of Russian culture, and the choices a country makes when faced with war and destruction.
- Mikhail Sholokhov
- Paperback
Set in the Don River basin of southwestern Russia at the end of the tsarist period, the novel traces the progress of the Cossack Gregor Melekhov from youthful lover to Red Army soldier and finally to Cossack nationalist.
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.
- Mikhail Sholokhov
