Another heavy read from Russian literature about war, and life.
The book is really long so not for the faint hearted or the readers looking for a quick satisfaction. This really needs a lot of attention, and involvement while reading.
As always with the Russian writers the book is very detailed, and covers a very long span of time just prior to World War 1. Surprisingly, the book doesn't have a hero figure, and mostly runs among Melekhov family, war, love, and more war.
Grigori can be considered as the main character but there are many other characters which move in, and out of narrative as the plot moves to sub plots, and further.
The basic theme of the novel is war. Looking at it from the people on whom it has been thrust upon. The people who were busy living their simple/complicated lives were pushed into a senseless war. Eventually, people question the relevancy of it, and how it is going to change their life.
The another plot is of love between, husband and wife or man and a woman. This question the definition of love but gives no answer. A married man/woman having multiple partners in a war torn country for all the different reasons is a situation which can't be right or wrong. This situation stays there, and the life just flies by all the people involved.
We make a lot of choices but our choices depend on our circumstances. We choose family, love, work or war, and each of the choices come with it's own burden. It doesn't matter how well thought or prepared your selections are, the end is not in your hand. You can just choose it, and hope it to work out somehow.
This is the whole struggle.
Happy reading.
Love.
The book is really long so not for the faint hearted or the readers looking for a quick satisfaction. This really needs a lot of attention, and involvement while reading.
As always with the Russian writers the book is very detailed, and covers a very long span of time just prior to World War 1. Surprisingly, the book doesn't have a hero figure, and mostly runs among Melekhov family, war, love, and more war.
Grigori can be considered as the main character but there are many other characters which move in, and out of narrative as the plot moves to sub plots, and further.
The basic theme of the novel is war. Looking at it from the people on whom it has been thrust upon. The people who were busy living their simple/complicated lives were pushed into a senseless war. Eventually, people question the relevancy of it, and how it is going to change their life.
The another plot is of love between, husband and wife or man and a woman. This question the definition of love but gives no answer. A married man/woman having multiple partners in a war torn country for all the different reasons is a situation which can't be right or wrong. This situation stays there, and the life just flies by all the people involved.
We make a lot of choices but our choices depend on our circumstances. We choose family, love, work or war, and each of the choices come with it's own burden. It doesn't matter how well thought or prepared your selections are, the end is not in your hand. You can just choose it, and hope it to work out somehow.
This is the whole struggle.
Happy reading.
Love.
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