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  • Russia Washed in Blood

    A Novel in Fragments

    by Artyom Vesyoly ...
    Translated by Kevin Windle ...
    Russia Washed in Blood, first published in full in 1932, is the longest and best-known work by Nikolai Kochkurov (1899–1938), who wrote under the pen-name Artyom Vesyoly. The novel, more a series of extended episodes than a connected narrative with a plot and a hero, is a vivid fictionalised account of the events from the viewpoint of the ordinary soldier. The title of the novel came to symbolise ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

  • Russia Washed in Blood

    A Novel in Fragments

    by Artyom Vesyoly ...
    Translated by Kevin Windle ...
    Russia Washed in Blood, first published in full in 1932, is the longest and best-known work by Nikolai Kochkurov (1899–1938), who wrote under the pen-name Artyom Vesyoly. The novel, more a series of extended episodes than a connected narrative with a plot and a hero, is a vivid fictionalised account of the events from the viewpoint of the ordinary soldier. The title of the novel came to symbolise ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Russia Washed in Blood

    A Novel in Fragments

    by Artyom Vesyoly ...
    Translated by Kevin Windle ...
    Series series Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
    Russia Washed in Blood, first published in full in 1932, is the longest and best-known work by Nikolai Kochkurov (1899–1938), who wrote under the pen-name Artyom Vesyoly. The novel, more a series of extended episodes than a connected narrative with a plot and a hero, is a vivid fictionalised account of the events from the viewpoint of the ordinary soldier. The title of the novel came to symbolise ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

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