• A unique and rare perspective of Jewish life in the Russian Empire, with the main character being a wealthy entrepreneur engaged in agriculture

• Compelling and sympathetic characters

• Well written, with a good sense of humor; reads well

• Early 20th century history of Russia, revolution, and war through the eyes of contemporaries

• The author was a close friend of Mikhail Bulgakov, Russia’s literary giant

Dmitry Stonov (1898-1962) was a Soviet literary author and a war correspondent in World War II. Because of his ties to the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, he spent over five years in the Gulag (1949-1954). He published a dozen books and many short stories, some autobiographical.