And Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail Sholokhov Paperback Book 9780241284407

A wonderful unsparing epic an intimate human story of loss and love New Statesman Books of the YearThe epic novel of love war and revolution from Mikhail Sholokhov winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureAn extraordinary Russian masterpiece And Quiet Flows the Don follows the turbulent fortunes of the Cossack people through peace war and revolution among them the proud and rebellious Gregor Melekhov who struggles to be with the woman he loves as his country is torn apart Borne of Mikhail Sholokhovs own early life in the lands of the Cossacks by the river Don it is a searing portrait of a nation swept up in conflict with all the tragic choices it brings