The Horse Thief

13 hrs. 45 min.

Language Russian

Author Mikhail Shchukin

Narrator Vyacheslav Savelyev

Standing on the great Siberian tract is a noisy, lively town—Novonikolayevsk. There are many newcomers, so anything can happen. That’s why, when one sunny winter day, the chief of police Grechman’s three span horses were stolen, none of the townspeople could imagine that it wasn’t an ordinary theft, but the beginning of the most real, sophisticated revenge—and that the famous horse thief Vas’ka-Kon’ had absolutely nothing to do with it...

In his new novel, the well-known Siberian writer Mikhail Shchukin has successfully combined a tightly wound plot with magnificent, vivid depictions of Siberian life at the beginning of the last century.

1. The Horse Thief