About “August 1914”
"August 1914" is a novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn about the defeat of the Imperial Russian Army at the Battle of Tannenberg in East Prussia. Completed in 1970, the book was first published in 1971, with an English translation the next year. The author included a foreword stating it is only the first part of a larger work. The novel combines fictional narrative with historical analysis, leading to significant controversy in literary and historical circles. It also includes interludes labeled as "screen," written in the style of film directions. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- First published
- 1971
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