The Winter's Hero

by Vasily Aksyonov

Book Overview

In this epic novel of the U.S.S.R. in the 1950s, a new generation of Gradovs--whom readers first met in Generations of Winter--takes center stage. Boris has turned to womanizing to forget the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679432744
• ISBN13: 9780679432746
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A solid second volume in the series...

This book is really every bit the equal of its predecessor (Generations of Winter), to paraphrase Kirkus Reviews. I actually prefer this volume and Generations over most of Aksyonov's other "fantantic" tales, primarily because I'm more fond of the realistic and essentially optimistic tradition in Russian literature. These two books are practically in the same league as the great novels of Tolstoy and Sholohov.