The Don Flows Home To The Sea
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - small tears. Page Condition: Yellowed with foxing. Markings: unmkd. Usual shelf-wear. Rubbed edges.
In the sweeping tradition of the great Russian novel, The Don Flows Home to the Sea continues the epic saga of Gregor Melekhov and the Cossack people of the Don region, caught in the catastrophic upheaval of the Russian Revolution and the brutal civil war that followed. Sholokhov chronicles the destruction of an entire way of life — the ancient rhythms of the steppe, the warrior codes of the Cossacks, and the intimate bonds of family — as ideology, violence, and famine tear communities apart with merciless force. The narrative moves with the urgency of a flooded river, carrying its characters through impossible choices between love, loyalty, and survival. This concluding volume of Sholokhov's monumental Quiet Don tetralogy stands as one of the defining achievements of twentieth-century world literature, earning its author the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965. Written with unflinching realism and a profound sympathy for ordinary people crushed beneath the wheel of history, Sholokhov's prose carries the weight of an entire civilisation in mourning. For readers who have followed Gregor's tortured journey from the first page, the final turn of this river's course delivers an ending as inevitable and devastating as the sea itself.
Author: Mikhail Sholokhov
Format: Hardback
Published: 1950, Putnam & Co. Ltd
Genre: Historical fiction
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - small tears. Page Condition: Yellowed with foxing. Markings: unmkd. Usual shelf-wear. Rubbed edges.
In the sweeping tradition of the great Russian novel, The Don Flows Home to the Sea continues the epic saga of Gregor Melekhov and the Cossack people of the Don region, caught in the catastrophic upheaval of the Russian Revolution and the brutal civil war that followed. Sholokhov chronicles the destruction of an entire way of life — the ancient rhythms of the steppe, the warrior codes of the Cossacks, and the intimate bonds of family — as ideology, violence, and famine tear communities apart with merciless force. The narrative moves with the urgency of a flooded river, carrying its characters through impossible choices between love, loyalty, and survival. This concluding volume of Sholokhov's monumental Quiet Don tetralogy stands as one of the defining achievements of twentieth-century world literature, earning its author the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965. Written with unflinching realism and a profound sympathy for ordinary people crushed beneath the wheel of history, Sholokhov's prose carries the weight of an entire civilisation in mourning. For readers who have followed Gregor's tortured journey from the first page, the final turn of this river's course delivers an ending as inevitable and devastating as the sea itself.