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A review by heidi_meredith
And Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail Sholokhov
challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
3.25
I struggled to follow the politics and different characters. Before reading 'War and Peace' I had the benefit of watching the BBC series, which helped me visualise the characters.
While I was reading, I was thinking that we often like to give historical events a neat linear narrative, but this book embraces the messiness and the chaos and confusion of war.
In some ways this reminded me of 'Birdsong'.
While I was reading, I was thinking that we often like to give historical events a neat linear narrative, but this book embraces the messiness and the chaos and confusion of war.
In some ways this reminded me of 'Birdsong'.