The Sun of the Dead

Ivan Sergeyevich Shmelёv (1873-1950) — Russian writer and publicist, twice a nominee for the Nobel Prize; nicknamed the "Orthodox writer" for his numerous texts on the spirituality of the Russian people. While in emigration, "not for a moment in his... spiritual agony does he cease to think of Russia and suffer from its misfortunes."

The epic "The Sun of the Dead" became the first significant work that the author published in emigration. It reflects the most terrible events that Ivan Shmelёv was unfortunate to experience: the Red Terror, the famine in Crimea that began with the conquest of territories by the Bolshevik army and the establishment of a "new order" in the previously peaceful life, and, worst of all, the death of his son in the dungeons of the Extraordinary Commission. This work conveys the "despair and universal ruin of the early Soviet years."
The book has been translated into many languages of the world and soon brought the author wide fame. "Read this if you have the courage."