Quiet Flows the Don is a panoramic view of ten years of Cossack life in the Don region of Russia. Set in the turbulent years of the First World War...
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Feb 03, 2011
Babak
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The most impressive novel that I have read. it is a masterpiece.
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Aug 21, 2008
I found a translation by Robert Daglish which was revised and edited by Brian Murphy. This edition was published by Carroll & Graf in 1996. The ISBN is: 0786703601. J. M. Dent published it in the UK.
I've been wanting to read this since high school, when my father would occasionally refer to a great book he'd read years before. At that time, the English translation of the title was AND QUIET FLOWS THE DON. He said it was about a Russian soldier driven to the point of exhaustion. He added t More...
I've been wanting to read this since high school, when my father would occasionally refer to a great book he'd read years before. At that time, the English translation of the title was AND QUIET FLOWS THE DON. He said it was about a Russian soldier driven to the point of exhaustion. He added t More...
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Jun 16, 2010
Venus
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«دن آرام» از آثار جاویدانه ادبیات جهان بشمار میرود که به شیوه رئالیزم اجتماعی به نگارش درآمده و رویدادهای یک دوره بسیار با اهمیت تاریخ مردم روسیه را به بهترین طرز و عالیترین بیان بازتاب میدهد.میخائیل شولوخف (1905-1984) رماننویس بزرگ روس در منطقه علیای رود دن چشم به جهان گشود و تقریباً تمام عمرش را نیز در همان منطقه گذراند. بسیاری از شخصیتها و رخدادهای رمان «دن آرام» زاییده خلاقیت و اطلاعات دست اول نویسنده است. دن آرام (که نوشتنش از 1928 تا 1940-12 سال- به درازا کشید) بزرگترین اثر شولوخوف اس
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Mar 14, 2010
Annabelle
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Written in 1934, this novel earned Sholohov a Nobel Prize. It chronicles the cataclysmic Russian Revolution era beginning with 1910 using large brush strokes, but with also minute detail of Cossack’s love of the land, the river, crops, fighting, vodka and lust. The first of three volumes this one ends after the civil war when the Cossacks are still aligned with the White Russians. The head of the family at the center of the book, Prokoffievich, was the product of a Cossack and a woman brought h
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Aug 27, 2009
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Monday, December 29, 2008
EPIC Love's with Remarriage = Aksinya, Natalya & Natasha, Scarlett O' Hara & Kate Winslet as Rose
I Love Heroines - who are worth their Salt.
Aksinya - the wife of military man Alxandrovich who beats her.
She dislikes him, runs away with Gregory Nicholoyevich...
- another Russian Army man & son of Russian Cossack Farmer at Vyasheskaya
- the Protoganist of Quiet Flows the Don - Michael Sholokov's Nobel Prize winning Novel.
I clearly rem More...
EPIC Love's with Remarriage = Aksinya, Natalya & Natasha, Scarlett O' Hara & Kate Winslet as Rose
I Love Heroines - who are worth their Salt.
Aksinya - the wife of military man Alxandrovich who beats her.
She dislikes him, runs away with Gregory Nicholoyevich...
- another Russian Army man & son of Russian Cossack Farmer at Vyasheskaya
- the Protoganist of Quiet Flows the Don - Michael Sholokov's Nobel Prize winning Novel.
I clearly rem More...
Jul 30, 2011
An epic, earthy account of the Don Cossacks around the turbulent times of WW1 seen through the eyes of the inhabitants of a single village on the banks of the upper Don. The first part describes the pre-war setting in the village with very evocative descriptions of the landscape and people. Once war breaks out the focus expands to the greater theatre of Europe and then the Bolshevik civil war. Throughout, the initial characters give context to the military and political turmoil.
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Jan 02, 2012
Manray9
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I am glad to see "Quiet Flows the Don" is back in print! Sholokhov won the Nobel Prize for this novel of war and revolution among the Don Cossack host. Although painted across a backdrop of history, it is primarily the love story of Gregor and Aksinya. As much of great 20th century Russian literature, the style harks back to Tolstoy, but the subject matter is undeniably Soviet. Published in 1929, "Quiet Flows the Don" was the pinnacle of Sholokhov's career. He never again pro
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Feb 26, 2011
El
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I initially thought reading this would take longer than a month, but somehow I managed to rock its Russian face. It's no secret that these Russian tomes can often be dense, filled with hundreds of characters (with a bunch of different names) doing things in highly detailed settings, where things like a blade of grass or a pebble in a river somehow manage to be a character themselves for fifty pages or so. Russian novels are dark and cold, just like the land from whence they came. Many of the
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Mar 03, 2011
Nick
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It was aight. Should not have been 554 pages...
The first section ("Peace") held my attention because I had never read descriptions of the olde tyme Cossack lifestyle before. It was cool to see their daily life for a while (espicially as an ethnic and social group distinct from the surrounding mostly Russian peasantry). However in later sections the book dwelt heavily on the goings on of this village region. This is problematic for a few reasons. 1) we already got all that inf More...
The first section ("Peace") held my attention because I had never read descriptions of the olde tyme Cossack lifestyle before. It was cool to see their daily life for a while (espicially as an ethnic and social group distinct from the surrounding mostly Russian peasantry). However in later sections the book dwelt heavily on the goings on of this village region. This is problematic for a few reasons. 1) we already got all that inf More...
Aug 20, 2009
David
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This is a really strange book - it is in four parts. The first two are brilliant hardyesque descriptions of peasant life in peace and war. Part three sees the novel's structure collapse as the Russian Revolution takes hold. Sholokov was clearly obliged to incorporate much Marxist theory and the tone becomes quite abstract. The final part sees a return to the countryside, and an inconclusive finish.
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Jul 13, 2010
Hussam
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وصف رائع لحياة القوزاق و فهم عميق للحرب العالميه الأولى والثوره البلشيفيه والحرب الأهليه وجدت الجزء الأول ممل نوعا ما لأنني لا املك خلفيه عن حياة القوزاق وسلوكهم الاجتماعي ولكن الجزء الثاني كان ممتع بشكل كبير لاحاطتي بالثوره البلشيفيه والحرب الأهليه وقد عمقت هذه الروايه فهمي للظروف المحيطه بالثوره والخلفيات السياسيه والاجتماعيه التي شكلت ارهاصات لهذه الثوره
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Dec 09, 2009
Nicki
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Those Russians certainly know how to write a novel! Amazing book - incredibly modern given when it was written - almost feminist in places. Characters are so real, flawed, human and infuriating - plot like the Don, thick and relentless...A book with the power to make you think differently about things in your own life (which is of course hugely different from life in a cossack village or regiment). Hard to imagine that he has written something so 'in' its time but also so timeless...
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Feb 23, 2009
Tyler
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Separating ideas and people is a task that bedevils Russian writers, and their characters often turn into expressions of some point of view or other. This tendency takes a toll on And Quiet Flows the Don, the story of the Don River Cossacks’ struggle through World War I and revolution. After a decent start, it stalls into a plodding chronicle with people thrown in as extras. Socialist realism gives it a unique stamp, but it also leaves readers indifferent to the fate of the people in its pages
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Feb 03, 2011
Euan
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not usually my cup of tea, a book centered on a quiet Cossack farming community by the River Don, in the lead up to the First World War and the subsequent 1917 Russian Revolution. The main characters are the Melekhov family, and in particular their youngest son Gregor.
The beginning of the book follows Gregor's lifestyle and love life, showing the simple and at times barbarous, unpredictable way the Cossacks lived, their lives were dictated by the seasons and the great River Don and the ch More...
The beginning of the book follows Gregor's lifestyle and love life, showing the simple and at times barbarous, unpredictable way the Cossacks lived, their lives were dictated by the seasons and the great River Don and the ch More...
Jul 22, 2011
Timothy
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While the Don River may flow quietly, the blood of the Cossacks that live in its valley flows swift and turbulent. This is a gritty, truculent culture that flourishes or wanes at the caprice of its villatic lifestyle. The instability of that existence creates a frantic grab at established mores and beliefs, creating a visceral tension in plot and character. Now, add the tumult of WWI, disturbing an already tenuous rhythm of life and ideology, and you have an ironic tale of muscular proportion
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Aug 08, 2010
Bruce
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This book was published in 1934 and is a beautifully written novel about Cossack culture and history from the late 1800’s through WWI, the Russian Revolution, and the civil war immediately following. I knew little about the Cossacks and was fascinated by this picture of their lives, culture, and political aspirations, all of which have apparently disappeared. Sholokhov has written a work as interesting as War and Peace, I think, focusing on a particular group within Russian society, a group in
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Apr 30, 2009
Justin
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This book was occaissionally amazing, sort of a Tolstoy for the proletariat, but then, about three-quarters through, Sholokhov suddenly all but abandons his protagonist and brings all these secondary characters into the foreground. While the novel wasn´t bad, I just felt like the narrative spine got seriously cracked after that. Now I guess I know that Pynchon wasn´t the first one to cop out on you like that. But it´s worth reading for it´s vivid portrayal of cossack culture. Not quite as pr
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Dec 11, 2010
Vlad
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In Russian, the most beautifully written prose I've ever read, by a mile. Even for me, that says something.
Aside from the language, it's an epic read about a very interesting people in a crucial time in Russian history -- Cossacks during the Russian Revolution. It depicts the life of ordinary but fierce and colorful characters trying to make it through a merciless historical tsunami.
Aside from the language, it's an epic read about a very interesting people in a crucial time in Russian history -- Cossacks during the Russian Revolution. It depicts the life of ordinary but fierce and colorful characters trying to make it through a merciless historical tsunami.
Feb 03, 2011
Paddy
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I enjoyed this very much to start with, but ultimately found it disappointing. For the first half or so it's great, with an evocative account of the life of Don Cossacks before WWI - some of the writing about the steppe, the river Don, the wildlife and natural world etc, is wonderful. The characters are introduced well, even compellingly, and the book builds up well to the outbreak of war. The combat experiences of the Cossacks can be gripping.
However, when the narrative gets to the More...
However, when the narrative gets to the More...
Jul 30, 2011
Gloomyhopes
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A must. A great historical story focused on the quiet - but harsh - Cossacks lifes, right between the start of the FWW (1914) and the Russian revolution (1917) and the endless fights that followed. It took me months to finish that book, but I always took an immense pleasure to go back to it.
Mar 31, 2010
Paul
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Well, since I was reading about the siege of Leningrad I am reminded of this rather unknown classic. Peasants, mass murder, conflicts between city and country folks, and drunken brawls that are written so well I could smell the vodka dripping from dirty beards. Beautiful, long, worth it all.
May 18, 2010
Kate
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This is one of my all time favorites. All serves as a good door stop. The first 200 pages are so are slow going, but if you make it through it's totally worth it. Amazing ending. Also helpful if you don't know much about the Russian Revolution, because it will all be a surprise.
May 04, 2009
Anna
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Somehow from Russian novel writers I prefer Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai V. Gogol and Leo Tolstoy. Sholokov wrote giant epic novel, which is tiring because of it. For real fans of Russian literature and very long books.
Jun 09, 2009
Adrienne
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4 volumes of the extraordinary life of cossacks in the Don valley at the beginning of the 20th century. Quiet is the word for the style and yet it is engrossing and tragic - war, civil war, lovers who are married to others.
Jun 06, 2010
Mehdi
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اگر صفحات خسته کنندۀ مربوط به جنگها را صرفنظر کنیم رمان تأثیر گذار و تأثر انگیزی بود با ترجمۀ بی همتای شاملوی بزرگ
Mar 27, 2009
Gerrie
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Sholokhov was the 1965 Pilitzer Prize winner. This historical novel, the first of his "Don River" series, deals with the Cossacks participation in WWI and the start of the Russian Revolution.
Apr 06, 2010
Инк
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Прочитал на телефоне за неделю. Субъективно намного интересней «Войны и мира» Толстого
Dec 16, 2009
علی
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دن آرام، ترجمه ی احمد شاملو را ندیده ام. اما سال ها پیش ترجمه ی م. به آذین (محمود اعتمادزاده) را خوانده ام. تجربه ی خواندن این رمان چهار جلدی به زبان شیوایی که به آذین به فارسی برگردانده بود، برایم بسیار شیرین بود. این را هم شنیده یا خوانده ام که شاملو معتقد بوده که ترجمه ی به آذین ، ترجمه ی درست یا کافی یا کاملی نیست، به همین دلیل رمان را دوباره ترجمه کرده است.
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Aug 08, 2010
Pirooz
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کتاب دن آرام در ایران ترجمه م.ا. به آذین در زمان شاه و ترجمه احمد شاملو اخیرا انتشار یافته است.این کتاب روایتگر فضای جنگ جهانی اول در شوروی می باشد. بیان شیوای شلوخوف و دقت و ظرافت او در توصیف صحنه خواننده را به جنگ جهانی می برد. داستان در عین حال مانند اکثر رمانهای معروف راوی جنگ مانند بربادرفته، دکتر ژیواگو و ... از یک عشق نیز برای کشش بیشتر استفاده می کند
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Feb 11, 2009
recommended to me by my dad in a conversation we had about good literature in what we consider the modern period (1920-1960)!
