Confessions of a Fallen Standard-Bearer

Confessions of a Fallen Standard-Bearer
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Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages : 103
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ISBN-10 : 9781628722123
ISBN-13 : 1628722126
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Book Synopsis Confessions of a Fallen Standard-Bearer by : Andreï Makine

Download or read book Confessions of a Fallen Standard-Bearer written by Andreï Makine and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-10-28 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are virtual brothers, Arkady and Alyosha, young pioneers in Stalin's postwar world, marching to the clarion call of socialism, to the stirring beat of the drums. The future, they are assured, is bright and beautiful. But what, then, are those endless miles of barbed wire they encounter everywhere along their route? This is the moving, two-generational tale of two families, those of Yakov Zinger and Pyotr Yevdokimov, fathers of the two young pioneers. Inseparable, the two men have been through the grueling war against the Germans, with all its horror and senseless carnage. Yakov—or Yasha, as he was known—emerged physically intact but scarred forever "from the moment he had been lifted out of a mountain of frozen bodies at a camp in liberated Poland.” Pyotr, a skilled sniper who operated behind the German lines, lost both his legs, not at the hands of the Germans, but as a result of an artillery "mistake" by his own forces. Together, in these postwar, Cold War years, the two families try to piece together their shattered lives.


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