In the Japanese War

Vikenty Vikentievich Veresaev is a remarkable prose writer, publicist, and poet-translator. He is referred to as an artist-historian of the Russian intelligentsia. What is especially valuable in the writer's work is his deep truthfulness in depicting society, as well as... his love for all those who are rebelliously seeking resolutions to social and moral issues. As a military doctor, Veresaev participated in the Russo-Japanese War, the events of which he vividly and clearly depicted in his notes "In the Japanese War." According to Maxim Gorky, these tragic pages of our history found in Veresaev a truly "sober, honest witness." In the book, you will find out: what happened on the Mandarin Road; how the events of the Russo-Japanese War affected the author; why the team of doctors loafed during the battle at Shakha.