Duel, the

Duel, the

Her mourth was almost pressed against his, and her words were like quick, hurried kisses: &quot;You must absolutely go through with the duel tomorrow.&quot;<br /> <br /> This rediscovered gem by a major, yet neglected, writer — here presented in a dazzling new translation — is an absorbing account of the final days of Czarist Russia.<br /> <br /> An absorbing saga about the brutalities of military life upon its own soldiers. Stranded at a distant outpost, young Romashov finds himself obliged to fight a duel — over something he realizes is meaningless. As the novel hurtles toward a startling conclusion, it reveals itself to be a luminous depiction of the end of an era.<br />