Living and dead

19,99

In stock

Living and dead

19,99

Add to Cart

In stock

Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov (1915-1979) entered the history of Russian Soviet literature as a prose writer, poet, playwright, screenwriter, memoirist; but the work of a war correspondent on the battlefields of World War II became decisive for his biography and work. Direct experience of the war or memories of it permeated everything written by Simonov from the beginning of the forties - from the famous poem "Wait for me" (1941) to the later stories "Twenty Days Without War" (1973) and "We will not see you" (1978). The novel The Living and the Dead, published in 1959-1971, is one of the most significant works of Russian literature on the military theme. Not being a chronicle-documentary or historical work, this novel, however, is largely based on the materials of the writer’s personal diaries for June-September 1941 (which was published only in 1992 under the title “One Hundred Days of War”) and his notes from different years, partly published in the form of front-line essays; many of the characters introduced in the story had real prototypes. Based on the first two books of the novel, director A. Stolper made feature films The Living and the Dead (1964) and Retribution (1967).

Barcode: 9785389173231 SKU: 70135173 Category:
Publication language: Russian

See also: