The Moment of Truth: In August '44
18 hrs. 53 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Vladimir Bogomolov
Author
Vladimir Bogomolov
Narrator
Valeria Lebedeva
Narrator
Valeria Lebedeva
Description
The novel tells about the difficult everyday life of Smerш scouts. The group of Captain Alekhine must, in the shortest time, find a sabotage group operating in the rear of the Red Army on the territory of the Lithuanian SSR. In general, the dynamic plot is interwoven with psychological portraits of the main characters and operational documents, reports, notes, orders… Using his own tactics and intuition, Captain Alekhine and his two men (Senior Lieutenant Tamantsev and Guards Lieutenant Blinov) scour an enormous area—forests, villages, towns—tracking down spies. As we read the novel, we learn that before the war these people were completely different. For example, Pasha Alekhine was a promising breeder—he wrote a course paper about cucumbers, and then began specializing in grain crops… Vladimir Bogomolov subtly shows that war changed the fates of many, if not all. But even if that is true, your job must be done excellently—so Alekhine serves, not flatters; he performs his duty.
Let’s return to the composition, specifically the documents included in the text. They give weight to the novel and a special sense of truthfulness—hard not to believe the quotes from official orders or cipher messages, for example:
CIPHER TELEGRAM “Urgent! Deliver the radio and all documents of the liquidated group immediately to the search department of the Administration. Egorov”.
So, attention! All documents are not real. They are also a work of fiction that allows Bogomolov to depict the events truthfully. It is simply a literary device that in no way diminishes the merits of the novel—on the contrary. (Many used such techniques of documentary truth, even François Rabelais; one could say it is a game of truth.)
We would like to end with advice: if you want to read a book about war (whatever moods you may have), “The Moment of Truth” fits perfectly.
Let’s return to the composition, specifically the documents included in the text. They give weight to the novel and a special sense of truthfulness—hard not to believe the quotes from official orders or cipher messages, for example:
CIPHER TELEGRAM “Urgent! Deliver the radio and all documents of the liquidated group immediately to the search department of the Administration. Egorov”.
So, attention! All documents are not real. They are also a work of fiction that allows Bogomolov to depict the events truthfully. It is simply a literary device that in no way diminishes the merits of the novel—on the contrary. (Many used such techniques of documentary truth, even François Rabelais; one could say it is a game of truth.)
We would like to end with advice: if you want to read a book about war (whatever moods you may have), “The Moment of Truth” fits perfectly.
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