Surviving the war—war as Victor Astafyev saw it at the front—became the central theme of the writer’s work. In his novel “Cursed and Killed,” he poured in incredible energy, the energy of resistance to premature death. With this novel, Astafyev drew a conclusion to his reflections on war as a “crime against reason”…
Contents:
Cursed and Killed. Book I — Hell’s Pit
Cursed and Killed. Book II — The Bridgehead