Still Don Volume 4

Back Cover Text (From the Promotional Bulletin)

A different historical section stands out in each volume of Mikhail Sholokhov's masterpiece, Still Don.

In the first volume, the tradition-bound lives of the Don Cossacks are described in vivid pictures, while the death-smelling breath of the approaching World War I is heard in the air. The second volume is the story of the collapse of old Russia with the February and October Revolutions. Don Cossacks, like all peoples, long for peace, but Civil War is just around the corner. The historical background of the third volume is that General Krasnov was elected Ataman and convinced the Cossacks to revolt, with the lie that an independent Don would be possible in case of the defeat of the Bolsheviks. The background of the fourth and last volume is the end of the Civil War after the October Revolution. The stories of those who survived long and difficult conflicts returning home are almost etched in the memories of those who read this great novel.

This great work was translated into Turkish as a product of the joint and intense efforts of our three translators. Hasan Ali Ediz compared the translation made by Mete Ergin and Gani Yener with the Russian original. Readers will enjoy the brilliant literary style of Sholokhov, who fuses Russian folk literature with Russian classical literature, in this meticulous translation...

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“June nights are dark on the Don. In the gloomy silence, golden summer lightning flashes across the stone-black sky, the stars slide and are reflected in the swift current of the river. A dry, warm wind blowing from the steppe carries the honeyed scent of blooming thyme to the houses. There is a smell of damp grass, wet sand and humidity in the low-lying waterside mansion. The plover birds sing incessantly, and the fog covers the forest by the river with a silvery veil embroidered with gold, just like in fairy tales.”

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Size: 13.5 x 19.5

First Print Year: 2018

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Original Language: Russian

Original Name: Tihiy Don