And Quiet Flows the Don Vol 1
by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov
Cichy Don (Collections and Selections — 1), The Don Epic (Collections and Selections — 1.1)
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The portrayal of a Cossack village, from the days of the Czar through war & revolutionTags
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Whilst the odd political/communist view of the author comes to the forefront occasionally, this is a epic caleidoscopic description of the Cossack life, which for most Westerners today is pretty unusual in the way they interacted. Hardly any joy, rough use of language when talking to each other, not much warmth o the outside but great drama on the inside of each of the personea.
In structure and themes similar to War and Peace and yet so different in this appearing to be much more real and therefore is more harrowing.
In structure and themes similar to War and Peace and yet so different in this appearing to be much more real and therefore is more harrowing.
Čtyřdílná románová epopej donského kozáctva z let předrevolučních, revolučních a občanské války. Vlastním jádrem díla jsou osudy Grigorije Melechova, příběh jeho velké a tragické lásky k Axiňje Astachovové, jeho boj na straně kontrarevoluce a nakonec pozdní poznání životního omylu a boj na straně lidu. (Založil/a: Peetuliska)
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For decades a pillar of the Soviet literary establishment, Sholokhov owes his stature to And Quiet Flows the Don (1928--40), a four-volume epic of the life and fate of the Don Cossacks in the Revolution and civil war. Although himself a party member, Sholokhov depicts fairly impartially both sides in the conflict between the Reds and the Whites show more and shows how his hero, Grigory Melekhov, is driven by background and fate from one camp to the other. This realistic novel captures the exotic Cossack milieu superbly, and the whole works on a scale unseen since Tolstoy's War and Peace. Among Sholokhov's later works, Virgin Soil Upturned (1932--60), which deals with the collectivization of agriculture, deserves particular mention; the first volume is far more direct and honest than the much-later second volume. Over the years, Sholokhov's authorship of And Quiet Flows the Don has been questioned, most recently by Solzhenitsyn, but Sholokhov has had strong defenders in both the Soviet Union and the West. His political stance accounts for part of the anger directed against him. Extremely conservative, Sholokhov made vicious attacks on dissidents and the West and, aside from his concern for environmental issues, was a devoted follower of the party line. Sholokhov was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1965. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- And Quiet Flows the Don Vol 1
- Original title
- Tichij Don
- Alternate titles*
- Der stille Don
- Original publication date
- 1928
- Related movies*
- Tikhiy Don (1931 | IMDb); Tikhiy Don (1957 | IMDb); Tikhiy Don II (1958 | IMDb); Tikhiy Don (2006 | IMDb)
- First words
- 1918 metų balandžio mėnesį pasibaigė Dono krašte didysis skilimas: žiemių apygardų - Chopioro, Ust Medvedicos ir iš dalies Aukštutinio Dono - kazokai frontininkai nuėjo su Mironovu ir besitraukiančiomis raudongva... (show all)rdiečių dalimis; žemupio apygardų kazokai juos vijo ir spaudė link srities sienų, kaudamiesi vadavo kiekvieną gimtosios žemės pėdą.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Tai buvo visa, kas jam dar liko gyvenime, kas dar tuo tarpu jį siejo su žeme ir visu tuo didžiuliu, šaltoje saulėje spindinčiu pasauliu.
- Original language*
- Russisch
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