Generations of Winter (in Russian, Московская сага - Moskovskaya Saga) is a novel by the Russian writer Vasily Aksyonov.
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| Author | Vasily Aksyonov |
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| Original title | Московская сага |
| Language | Russian |
Publication date | 1994 |
| Publication place | Russia |
Many[quantify] critics have praised Generations of Winter as a new Doctor Zhivago-style, large-scale Russian novel,[citation needed] which tells the story of a Russian/Georgian family, the Gradovs, struggling to survive in the Stalinist era.
As the Wall Street Journal put it: "Aksyonov has ambitiously set out to challenge Tolstoy on his own ground, creating a gigantic historical novel on the grand pre-revolutionary model."
In late 2004 a television-series based on the novel premiered on Russian television. It has 22 episodes.
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References
edit- Аксёнов В. Московская сага к. 1 Поколение зимы. Изографус. ISBN 5-94661-100-3.
- Аксёнов В. Московская сага к. 2 Война и тюрьма. Изографус. ISBN 5-94661-101-1.
- Аксёнов В. Московская сага к. 3 Тюрьма и мир. Изографус. ISBN 5-94661-100-3.
- Aksyonov, Vassily (1994). Generations of Winter ((English) ed.). Random House. ISBN 0-394-56961-X.
- The series on DVD, in Russian.
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