"We never make mistakes"

By Александр Исаевич Солженицын

Subjects: Translations into English, Fiction subjects, Political fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Peoples & cultures - fiction, Fiction, Social life and customs, World literature, Russian fiction, Political prisoners

Description: In "An Incident at Krechetovka Station," a Red Army lieutenant is confronted by a disturbing straggler soldier and must decide what to do with him. "Matryona's House" is the tale of an old peasant woman, whose tenacious struggle against cold, hunger, and greedy relatives is described by a young man who only understands her after her death.