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Ivan Bahryany is the author of the novels “The Garden of Gethsemane” and “The Tiger Hunters”. A prisoner of Stalin’s camps, an emigrant and one of the most incisive publicists of the 20th century.
Grigoriy Mnohogrishny, the main character of the novel, escapes from the train that is taking him to exile in Siberia, thereby challenging the Soviet totalitarian system. He is relentlessly pursued by the NKVD executioner. Wandering through the taiga, the boy meets a Ukrainian family that gives him shelter and helps him find peace of mind and love. But will he be able to stay safe? Will the totalitarian machine allow him to live freely?
This is a fascinating adventure novel that still remains one of the most life-affirming texts in Ukrainian literature.