Free Fall
by Nicolai Lilin
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A unique and remarkable war memoir by an internationally acclaimed author. Free Fallis a devastating account of the Second Chechen War, told through the eyes of a young Russian soldier. Nicolai Lilin was conscripted and then trained as a sniper in an unorthodox Russian Special Forces regiment called the Saboteurs. Together, this elite band of men, which operated outside traditional military codes, fought their way through multiple assignments, including guerrilla warfare in inhospitable show more mountainous terrain and intense hand-to-hand fighting in urban areas. Along the way, they faced mercenary fighters, anti-personnel mines and torture of the most extreme kind. Both an immediate sequel to the author's previous book, Siberian Education, and a superb stand-alone story in its own right, Free Falloffers a unique perspective on one of the most controversial wars in living memory. Lilin writes with honesty and extreme cynicism, and with a sharp eye for the banality of evil. It is an unflinching, unforgiving and unputdownable read. show lessTags
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Finalmente un libro che mi ha letteralmente inchiodato a leggere! Mi �� davvero piaciuto un sacco: molto pi�� di "educazione siberiana" che consiglio comunque di leggere prima di questo. Mi avessero consigliato di leggere un libro di guerra, credo non mi ci sarei messo: non �� il mio genere... La lettura �� per�� molto coinvolgente e talvolta mi ha portato a riflettere molto sui temi trattati. Ho letto recensioni di persone che si lamentano perch�� vengono utilizzati termini tecnici poco precisi... Non hanno capito nulla
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- Canonical title
- Free Fall
- Original publication date
- 2010
- Important places*
- Cecenia
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 853.92 — Literature & rhetoric Italian, Romanian & related literatures Italian fiction 1900- 21st Century
- LCC
- PQ4912 .I55 .C33 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures Italian literature Individual authors, 2001-
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- English, French, German, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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