And quiet flows the Don, Deel 1This story of a group of Cossacks living along the Don river--a primitive, virile, and unbelievably brutal people--centers about Gregor Melekhov, a young Cossack with Turkish blood in his veins. His home life, his unhappy marriage and impassioned love affair, and his military adventures and experiences in the Revolution are told with frank naturalism, from a Bolshevik point of view. Host of other characters crowd the pages of a powerful novel of war and revolution. |
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Pagina 47
the old man laughed, and urged on the bullocks with his knout of raw hide. At the
back of the cart sat Aksinia, her face completely wrapped up to protect it from the
sun. From the narrow slits left for her eyes she calmly and severely stared at ...
the old man laughed, and urged on the bullocks with his knout of raw hide. At the
back of the cart sat Aksinia, her face completely wrapped up to protect it from the
sun. From the narrow slits left for her eyes she calmly and severely stared at ...
Pagina 375
What, hardly arrived and you're already leaving your young wife ? " old Listnitsky
smiled benevolently. Gregor laughed. " A wife isn't a bear. She won't run off into
the forest," he replied. He mounted the driver's seat, thrust the knout beneath him
...
What, hardly arrived and you're already leaving your young wife ? " old Listnitsky
smiled benevolently. Gregor laughed. " A wife isn't a bear. She won't run off into
the forest," he replied. He mounted the driver's seat, thrust the knout beneath him
...
Pagina 376
The knout whistled, the blows slapped softly. At last Gregor threw Eugene down
on the hard ruts of the road and rolled him on the ground, beating him bestially
with the ironshod heels of his boots. When he had no strength to do more he got
...
The knout whistled, the blows slapped softly. At last Gregor threw Eugene down
on the hard ruts of the road and rolled him on the ground, beating him bestially
with the ironshod heels of his boots. When he had no strength to do more he got
...
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Gebruikersrecensie - TheWasp - LibraryThingGregor Melekov and his brother Piotra are cossack farmers on the Don River in the village of Tatarsk when WW1 breaks out and young men are sent to war. Civil war follows which sees many cossacks ... Volledige review lezen
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Gebruikersrecensie - PilgrimJess - LibraryThing"He had no cap, nor had he the upper part of his cranium, for it had been cut clean away by a shard of shrapnel. In the empty brain-pan, framed by damp strains of hair, glimmered rose-coloured rain ... Volledige review lezen
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Aksinia Anna arms asked ataman beard began blood Bolsheviks brother Bunchuk Christonia cigarette commander comrades cossacks crowd Daria devil Don Cossack door Dunia Eugene eyes face father feet fingers fire flung front gaze German glanced gleamed greatcoat Gregor grey Grishka hair hand head horse Ilinichna Ivan Alexievitch Kaledin Kalmikov kerchief knout Kornilov Korshunov Koshevoi Lagutin laughed legs lips Listnitsky look machine-gun Melekhov Military Revolutionary Committee Millerovo Miron Misha Mitka Mokhov Mrikhin Natalia night officer Pantaleimon Petrograd Piotra Podtielkov Prokhor Red Guards regiment reins replied road roar rode Rostov saddle scent shirt shoulders shouted side silent smiled smoke soldiers stared Stepan steppe steps Stockman stood talk Tatarsk tears tell There's thought threw took troop trousers turned Ukrainian Uriupin Valet village voice wagon wait walked waved What's whip whispered wife wind woman yard