Description
Born into bondage and shaped by hardship, a young man is drawn into the life of a horse driver for his lord—until a single act of courage changes the course of his fate. In this skaz-based picaresque tale, a cursed bogatyr, bound by a mother’s vow and haunted by the consequences of violence, wanders through Russia’s roads and byways as he tries to reconcile fate, suffering, and purpose. His journey becomes a test of faith and conscience, where providence and punishment intertwine and every encounter reveals something about mercy, redemption, and the cost of spiritual awakening. With Leskov’s distinctive, story-teller voice and vivid, folk-inflected realism, the novel turns one man’s wandering into a sweeping meditation on God, destiny, and the possibility of grace.
Available Editions
paperback
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Jan 1, 2014
608 pages
ISBN: 9780307388872
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Details
First Published
1873
Language
eng
Translation
From: rus
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