Cursed and Killed (Set of 2 books in large print)

With care for the eyes! This edition is in LARGE PRINT for convenient reading. In two volumes. This edition is dedicated to the "Year of Lieutenant Prose," announced by the Association of Writers and Publishers of Russia (ASPR). In 2024, several writers and front-line poets will celebrate the 100th anniversary of their birth. Among them are Yuri Bondarev, Boris Vasilyev, Vasil Bykov, Vladimir Bogomolov, Viktor Astafyev, Bulat Okudzhava, Yulia Drunina, Nikolay Starshинов. Viktor Petrovich Astafyev (1924—2001) was an outstanding Russian writer, laureate of the State Prizes of the USSR and RSFSR. In 1942, he volunteered for the front; in 1943, after graduating from infantry school, he was sent to the front lines and remained a private soldier until the end of the war. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star and the Medal for Courage on the front. His war experiences, the war as Viktor Astafyev saw it on the front lines, became the central theme of the writer's work. The novel "Cursed and Killed" is filled with incredible energy, the energy of resistance to timeless death. This novel summarizes Astafyev's reflections on war as a "crime against reason." The events of the first book (Volume 1) "Devil's Pit" unfold in the autumn of 1942. One of the reserve regiments from Siberia, consisting of untrained, diverse fighters with complex characters and fates, many of whom are ex-prisoners. Preparation for combat operations at the front, during which even everyday passions sometimes boil over... The second book (Volume 2) "D-Day" describes the events occurring during the crossing of the Dnieper in 1943, in which Astafyev himself participated. The first book was awarded the "Triumph" prize, while the second became a nominee for the "Russian Booker."