{"product_id":"2026100009774-secondhand-donbas-a-novel","title":"Donbas: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners\u003cbr\u003ePages: FEP missing\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Worn boards. Pages yellowed. Clean text. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the heart of Soviet Ukraine, amid the roaring furnaces and coal-black earth of the Donbas mining basin, Boris Gorbatov's epic novel chronicles the grit, sacrifice, and revolutionary spirit of the working men and women who forged an industrial empire from raw earth. Donbas presents the sweeping story of Soviet miners and steelworkers, capturing the monumental industrialisation drives of the Stalin era through vivid human drama — their camaraderie, their struggles, and their unwavering commitment to building a new society against crushing odds.\n\nGorbatov, one of the foremost voices of Soviet socialist realism, writes with muscular, cinematic prose that transforms the machinery of industry into a stage for profound human stories of loyalty, ambition, and collective will. First published in Russian and brought to international audiences through Moscow's Foreign Languages Publishing House, Donbas stands as a significant artefact of mid-20th-century Soviet literature — at once a hymn to labour and a window into an era of ideological fervour. For readers of historical fiction and those curious about the literary culture behind the Iron Curtain, this novel poses a haunting question: what does it truly cost a people to build a world from nothing?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203285131483,"sku":"2026100009774-SECONDHAND","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/4094ffcb-d0d6-44d3-ae0d-54605af8c750.png?v=1788147555","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009774-secondhand-donbas-a-novel","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}