Two Winters And Three Summers
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
Set in the devastated rural landscape of post-war Soviet Russia, Two Winters and Three Summers chronicles the harrowing struggle of a small northern village as it attempts to rebuild itself in the shadow of unimaginable loss. Through the Pryaslin family — anchored by the indomitable teenage Mikhail, who shoulders the burdens of an adult in a world stripped of its men — Fyodor Abramov presents a searingly honest portrait of collective farm life, sacrifice, and survival in the years immediately following World War II. Abramov, himself a son of the Russian north and a survivor of the Leningrad siege, writes with a moral authority and lyrical intimacy that places him among the finest voices of Soviet village prose. Two Winters and Three Summers is the second installment in his celebrated Pryaslin tetralogy, and it deepens the saga with unflinching attention to the human cost of ideology, the resilience of community, and the quiet heroism of ordinary lives. For readers who have yet to encounter Abramov's world, this novel offers an entry point into a Russia rarely seen in Western literature — raw, beautiful, and utterly unforgettable.
Author: Fyodor Abramov
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, Arids Books, Ann Arbor, MI
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear.
Set in the devastated rural landscape of post-war Soviet Russia, Two Winters and Three Summers chronicles the harrowing struggle of a small northern village as it attempts to rebuild itself in the shadow of unimaginable loss. Through the Pryaslin family — anchored by the indomitable teenage Mikhail, who shoulders the burdens of an adult in a world stripped of its men — Fyodor Abramov presents a searingly honest portrait of collective farm life, sacrifice, and survival in the years immediately following World War II. Abramov, himself a son of the Russian north and a survivor of the Leningrad siege, writes with a moral authority and lyrical intimacy that places him among the finest voices of Soviet village prose. Two Winters and Three Summers is the second installment in his celebrated Pryaslin tetralogy, and it deepens the saga with unflinching attention to the human cost of ideology, the resilience of community, and the quiet heroism of ordinary lives. For readers who have yet to encounter Abramov's world, this novel offers an entry point into a Russia rarely seen in Western literature — raw, beautiful, and utterly unforgettable.