Live and Remember
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"Live and Remember" is the masterpiece of Russian writer Valentin Rasputin, which won the 1977 Soviet State Prize. This novel tells the story that took place on the banks of the Angara River in Siberia in the last year of the Patriotic War. The soldier's husband, Andrei, was attached to his wife, family and peaceful rural life. On his way back to the front line after recovering from his injury, he escaped from the hospital and returned to his hometown. He hid in a barren mountain not far from the village. Risking possible legal sanctions from the country at any time, he met his wife Nasziona frequently and finally got his wife, who had been infertile for many years, pregnant. After a while, the villagers saw the flaw and fell into a desperate situation. Once, while being followed, Nasziona committed suicide by drowning herself in a river with mixed emotions of shame and despair...
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