Journey in Russia during the WWII
The Bronze Horseman
The war in Europe seems far away in this city of fallen grandeur, where two sisters, Tatiana and Dasha Metanova, shared a cramped apartment with their brother and parents. And while life under Stalin has been harsh, deprivation unlike anything they have imagined is yet to come, for Hitle’s armies are about to invade their beloved homeland.
But amid the terror and hardship lie beauty and hope when Tatiana meets Alexander, a young Red Army officer. Confident and daring, he is also a man with mysterious past and a terrifying secret.
As the relentless winter and German army’s blockade grip the city, Tatiana are drawn to each other in an impossible love that could tear her family apart and reveal his dangerous secret–a secret as destructive as the war itself. Caught between two deadly forces, the lovers are swept in a tide of history that will change them–and the world–forever…
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It is another novel I bought at a used book store in Phnom Penh. It is $4, a bit expensive for me. But I prefer to have it for my own reading and collection. Last time, it took me a month and half to finish Sophie’s World, a five hundred pages novel about history of philosphy. After reading about philosophy, I realized that I am not even half full. There are too many things to learn about. Apart from philosophy as my favorite subect, history is another one. So now I got this 800 pages book to read. It gives me a look at the history of the world.
