Dauria
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Konstantin Sedykh's novel "Dauria" is often compared to "And Quiet Flows the Don": these books tell the story of the Cossacks in the 20th century; the disruption of centuries-old traditions that seemed unshakable; the destruction of the old world and the emergence of a new one—frightening and cruel for some, desirable and long-awaited for others.
The events described in "Dauria" unfold many thousands of kilometers from the Don steppes—in Transbaikalia. The civil war reaches the farthest borders of the country: not only the residents of the village of Mungalovsky are divided into Reds and Whites, but also members of a single family—the Ulybin Cossacks.
Konstantin Sedykh called this novel his labor of love, devoting "an abyss of labor" to it: it took 15 years to complete. Legends and tales, archival sources, the memoirs of Civil War veterans, and scholarly works—all this combine to create a colorful panorama of Transbaikalia in the early 20th century.
"Dauria" was translated into many languages and published in the UK, USA, France, Canada, and Yugoslavia; during the author's lifetime, the novel went through over 100 editions. The book was adapted into a two-part feature film of the same name (1971), starring Vasily Shukshin, Vitaly Solomin, Yefim Kopelyan, and other remarkable actors.
The events described in "Dauria" unfold many thousands of kilometers from the Don steppes—in Transbaikalia. The civil war reaches the farthest borders of the country: not only the residents of the village of Mungalovsky are divided into Reds and Whites, but also members of a single family—the Ulybin Cossacks.
Konstantin Sedykh called this novel his labor of love, devoting "an abyss of labor" to it: it took 15 years to complete. Legends and tales, archival sources, the memoirs of Civil War veterans, and scholarly works—all this combine to create a colorful panorama of Transbaikalia in the early 20th century.
"Dauria" was translated into many languages and published in the UK, USA, France, Canada, and Yugoslavia; during the author's lifetime, the novel went through over 100 editions. The book was adapted into a two-part feature film of the same name (1971), starring Vasily Shukshin, Vitaly Solomin, Yefim Kopelyan, and other remarkable actors.
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- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Russian Literature. Big Books