KatyaMilkweed Editions, 2004 - 373 من الصفحات Katya Vogt is an old woman living in North America, but her rich past is in a Mennonite community in the Russian steppes, where her family's religion, their traditions, and her father's position as farm manager of a luxurious estate set them apart from the surrounding Russian community. Then revolution comes. First the German army, then the anarchists, and finally the Communists overrun the land. |
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