Stones Under the Scythe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781462010370)

Olha Mak, author of several novels for adolescents and young adults, wrote Stones Under the Scythe to help shatter a conspiracy of silence and deliberate denial about one of the most terrible tragedies to befall any nation, a catastrophe caused by the workings of a group of fanatical "creators of a new breed of men." The characters in the novel are composites of individuals and the narrative is based on real events the author witnessed as a university student. The story of 15 yearold Andriy recreates the fate of millions of Ukrainian children who either perished or barely escaped death in the years of a man-made famine, the Holodomor, that took the life of every fourth Ukrainian. However, Olha Mak's novel is not a somber story of horrible events. Her characters bear witness to the truth that the human spirit cannot be fully subdued. But this is a truth that needs frequent reminders, for everyone at some point comes to feel vanquished by the brutality that confronts them.

Author: Olha Mak
ISBN-10: 1462010377
ISBN-13: 9781462010370
Publisher: iUniverse
Language: English
Published: 09/08/2011
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d