Volokolamsk Highway

Résumé

"Volokolamsk Highway," originally published in Russian in 1944 and translated into English in 1958, is a gripping war novel by Alexander Bek. Set during WWII, the story unfolds on the Eastern Front as German forces advance towards Moscow. Bek, drawing from his own experiences as a correspondent, vividly portrays the brutality of war, while following a Soviet battalion commander given the daunting task of stalling the Nazis from taking Volokolamsk Highway, the highway to Moscow—at any cost.