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And Quiet Flows the Don Free FREE AND QUIET FLOWS THE DON PDF Mikhail Sholokhov | 554 pages | 17 Dec 1989 | Random House USA Inc | 9780679725213 | English, Russian | New York, United States And Quiet Flows the Don Backorder temporarily out of stock. In the same vein as War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy, And Quiet Flows the Don Quiet Flows the Don gives readers a glimpse into many aspects of Russian culture, and the choices a country makes when faced with war and destruction. In his enormous epic of Cossack life during the Revolution Mikhail Sholokhov has achieved even greater power, sustained narrative gift and stirring human truthfulness. Product Details Price. Earn money by sharing your favorite books through our Affiliate program. Become an affiliate. About the Author Mikhail Sholokov was born in in a village in the Don region, of a family that had been living there for many generations. Despite poverty, he was able to attend school in Moscow. At the age of fifteen he returned to his native village to become a schoolteacher, then a statistician, a food inspector, and held various other jobs. He began writing when he was eighteen years old. Today he is the Soviet Union's most famous and widely honored living novelist. Although each is complete in itself, the two books are often referred to under the title The Silent Don. In Mr. Sholokov was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Conversation Starters And Quiet Flows the Don ReadingGroupChoices. And Quiet Flows the Don | work by Sholokhov | Britannica From " Veronica Mars " to Rebecca take a look back at the career of Armie Hammer on and off the screen. See the full gallery. A six-hour long epic original director's cut about the life of Don Cossacs in a village in southern Russia between and The leading character Grigori Melekhov is a rugged Cossac, who is torn between his first and true love Aksiniya, and his wife Natalya. Grigori And Quiet Flows the Don personal life is shown as a rough journey through the experience of World War One, the Russian Revolution, and the following Civil War. The Cossacs are shown as traditional farmers and warriors, who are suffering through the most dramatic events in the history of Russia. Written by Steve Shelokhonov. Beautiful film and well-acted in a theatrical style that is And Quiet Flows the Don of many older Russian films. As described by another, that portion of the film seems very much like a soap opera concerned with who is sleeping with whom. More importantly is how the scandal plays out in the families and village and how the characters are trapped within their lives, culture, communities, and expectations. Americans and other westerners might also be surprised by the 2nd part of the film, which depicts the Bolshevik victory as far from certain, often challenged, with parties changing sides and allegiances as the war weary citizens fight on through tragedy after tragedy. Overall, it's a brilliant film Comparisons to "Gone And Quiet Flows the Don the Wind" are entirely appropriate. Looking for some great streaming picks? Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Visit our What to Watch page. Sign In. And Quiet Flows the Don track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast and Crew. Release Dates. Official Sites. Company Credits. Technical Specs. Plot Summary. Plot Keywords. Parents Guide. External Sites. User Reviews. User Ratings. External Reviews. Metacritic Reviews. Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits. Alternate Versions. Rate This. The leading character Grigori Melekhov is a rugged Cossac Director: Sergey Gerasimov. Writers: Sergey GerasimovMikhail Sholokhov novel. Available on Amazon. Added to Watchlist. The Evolution of Armie Hammer. Russia, Soviet Realism. Imperial Russia — Share this Rating Title: Der stille Don 7. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Edit Cast Cast overview, first billed only: Pyotr Glebov Grigori Melekhov Elina Bystritskaya Aksiniya Zinaida Kirienko Natalya Daniil Ilchenko Iljinicna as A. Filippova Nikolai Smirnov Pyotr Melekhov Lyudmila Khityaeva Dariya Melekhova Natalya Arkhangelskaya Dunyashka as N. Arkhangelskaya And Quiet Flows the Don Blagovestov Stepan Lekatov as A. Blagovestov Igor Dmitriev Yevgeni Listnitsky Aleksandr Shatov Listnitsky Father Boris Novikov Mitka Korshunov Aleksandr Zhukov Miron Koshevoy Gennadi Karyakin Mikhail Koshevoy as G. Karyakin Viliam Shatunovsky Shtokman as V. Edit Storyline A six-hour long epic original director's cut about the life of Don Cossacs in a village in southern Russia between and Edit Did You Know? Trivia The first spectator of the film was Mikhail Sholokhov himself. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report this. Add the first question. Edit Details Country: Soviet Union. Language: Russian. Production Co: Kinostudiya imeni M. Runtime: min. Sound Mix: Mono. Color: Color Sovcolor. Edit page. October Streaming Picks. Back to School Picks. Clear your history. Grigori Melekhov. Dariya Melekhova. And Quiet Flows the Don - Wikipedia Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read And Quiet Flows the Don Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See And Quiet Flows the Don Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. The 4th volume was finished in The English translation of the 1st three volumes appeared under this title in The novel is considered one of the most significant works of Russian literature in the 20th century. InSholokhov was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for this novel. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published by Dent first published More Details Original Title. Tikhiy Don Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what And Quiet Flows the Don friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about And Quiet Flows the Donplease sign up. This question contains spoilers… view spoiler [uncle tom's cabin, gadfly and and quiet flows the don. Alamanda I only read The Don and Gadfly so my answer is for these two. They both have historic theme but very very different. They belong to one genre that's a …more I only read The Don and Gadfly so my answer is for these two. They belong to one genre that's all. See 2 questions about And Quiet Flows the Don…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of And Quiet Flows the And Quiet Flows the Don. The first three volumes were written from to and published in the Soviet magazine Oktyabr in —, and the fourth volume was finished in The English translation of the first three volumes And Quiet Flows the Don under this title in View all 4 comments. 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 And Quiet Flows the Don a bunch of different names doing things in highly And Quiet Flows the Don 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 aut I initially thought reading this would take longer than a month, but somehow I managed to rock its Russian face. Many of the authors had beards, even the women authors! Or so I like to imagine. Sholokhov, sadly, did not have a beard. At one point he had a mustache, but that hardly counts. This book has girth, baby. The Don of the title refers to the Don River and it most certainly is a character in the book. It has attitude, and apparently emotions. Okay, so in reality? The attitude and emotions of the human characters are reflected in the motion of the river. It's all very literary, yo. Symbolic and shit. The story starts in the early 20th century, before WWI and all, and it revolves around a Cossack family. Did I mention there were a And Quiet Flows the Don of characters? There were. According to the List of Characters at the beginning of the book to which I referred regularly there are 32 main characters, 53 Historical Persons including some actual familiar names like Stalin, Lenin, and Trotsky. I suck at math, but I do know that the grand total then comes out to 85 characters. And maybe more that the List of Characters didn't think necessary to mention? That's a Cossack. Burly, right? So this Sholokhov guy. I would say Sholokhov wrote this book with War and Peace in mind. There are periods of "peace" in both books as well, moments of downtime in which we see a flash of home life - the women, the children, the farms - though the And Quiet Flows the Don never seems to leave these pages. This is a politically charged novel, and Sholokhov's personal politics are on every single page. Yes, that can get tedious, thank you for asking. But I'm happy I read this. As far as the Russkies go, Sholokhov is one I haven't heard that much about. Apparently he And Quiet Flows the Don Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn had a few issues which I think is interesting. I mean, Solzhenitsyn looked like he could kick a few asses. Or at least smother people to death in his beard. I can't say And Quiet Flows the Don Sholokhov was as good as his forefathers like Tolstoy, or even some who came slightly later, like Solzhenitsyn.
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