by Александр Исаевич Солженицын
First published 1999
It's November 1916 in Russia. The nation teeters on the brink of revolution as Tsar Nicholas II's grip on power slips. Amidst the unrest, a diverse cast of characters navigates the crumbling social order - a weary soldier, a disenchanted aristocrat, a shrewd Bolshevik. As tensions boil over, their fates intertwine in unexpected ways. Solzhenitsyn's masterful storytelling captures the human drama at the heart of this pivotal moment in history.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, political-thriller, russian-literature
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: historical-fiction, political-intrigue
Setting: Russia
Period: Nicholas II, 1894-1917
1013 pages · Hardcover · Farrar Straus & Giroux