
And Quiet Flows the Don
by Mikhail Sholokhov
Title:
And Quiet Flows the Don
Author:
Mikhail Sholokhov
Series (if any):
Penguin Modern Classics
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
576 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9780241284407
EAN:
9780241284407
Classifications:
Classic and Biographical
Weight (g):
518
Dimensions (mm):
205 x 157 x 25
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
A wonderful, unsparing epic ... an intimate human story of loss and love' New Statesman, Books of the YearThe epic novel of love, war and revolution from Mikhail Sholokhov, winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureAn 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 Cossacks by the river Don, it is a searing portrait of a nation swept up in conflict, with all the tragic choices it brings.




















