The Road to Calvary - Book Two: The Eighteenth Year

Set in 1918 against the backdrop of a tumultuous Russia grappling with the aftermath of the October Revolution, Alexei Tolstoy's The Eighteenth Year explores the lives of sisters Katya and Dasha, separated by the ravages of civil war. As allegiances shift and personal loyalties clash, they navigate a landscape fraught with violence and moral ambiguity, reflecting the broader chaos that has fractured their world. This second movement of a significant Russian novel captures the agony of displacement and the stark realities of human endurance in a society forever altered.