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THE ENDLESS STEPPE is based on the author's true-life experience. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first.
Esther Rudomin was ten years old when, in 1941, she and her family were arrested by the Russians for being 'capitalists' and transported to Siberia. The next five years spent were spent in exile where they went barefoot and hungry until the end of the Second World War. Despite the hardships endured, Esther's story radiates optimism and is a beautiful example of the resilience of the human spirit. Readers inspired by The Diary of Anne Frank, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas or The Book Thief will love this book too.
The Originals are the pioneers of fiction for young adults. From political awakening, war and unrequited love to addiction, teenage pregnancy and nuclear holocaust, The Originals confront big issues and articulate difficult truths. The collection includes: The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton, I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith, Postcards from No Man's Land - Aidan Chambers, After the First Death - Robert Cormier, Dear Nobody - Berlie Doherty, The Endless Steppe - Esther Hautzig, Buddy - Nigel Hinton, Across the Barricades - Joan Lingard, The Twelfth Day of July - Joan Lingard, No Turning Back - Beverley Naidoo, Z for Zachariah - Richard C. O'Brien, The Wave - Morton Rhue, The Red Pony - John Steinbeck, The Pearl - John Steinbeck, Stone Cold - Robert Swindells.
媒体推荐Radiates optimism and the resilience of the human spirit (Washington Post)
作者简介Esther Hautzig was born in Eastern Poland (in what is now Vilnius, Lithuania) in October, 1930. When the region was conquered by Soviet troops in 1941, Esther, her parents and her grandparents were uprooted and exiled to Siberia where they spent the next five years in forced labour camps. The family returned home after the war and in 1947 Esther left to go to the USA as a student. Her acclaimed novel The Endless Steppe was inspired by her gruelling wartime experiences. She was married to a concert pianist and had two children. Esther died in 2009.
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I read this book as a child in the 7th grade while living in a third world country, and at the time I wasn't able to purchase it so I read it in the school's library. Now almost three decades later I was overjoyed to find this book on Amazon because I remembered how moved I was by this story. One event which stood out in my mind and had helped me to bond with this little girl was how badly she wanted a pair of shoes and clothes to wear to a school event. Her family could not afford it because they were so ravished by the war. In the midst of all that poverty and destruction this girl's family recognized her need to feel normal for one night and improvised to give her this desperate wish. Very compelling story about perspectives, the danger of prejudice, the human will to survive, and the beauty of finding simple joys in life in the face of adversity. This book remains on my bookshelf as a sentiment of how far I have come and how much I have persevered. It was even more special as a mother to now share it with my child. Thanks Amazon for carrying such classics!
Have you ever wondered how hard the life of people in the past was?
This was a great book. In it you will get a taste of what kinds of hardships people in the past had to go through. With the author describing it in so much detail, you picture what is happing and have it be as if you were almost there yourself. It's also a very intriguing book, making it so you won't want to put it down.
Esther lived in a village in Vilna Poland. Living an average and happy life. She was inquisitive and always wondered about things and asked many questions. But one day she awoke and was reading her book when her mother burst in telling her to get up immediately telling her she had to go run an errand to her grandmother. When she got back everything changed. They were arrested. They packed up a few of their belongings then they were taken away in cattle cars, they were to live in Siberia with other people who were also taken away. They worked hard in driving wagons, in the mines and in the potato fields. Esther finds joy in the gardening and she knows she gardens well because her grandfather Solomon taught her so. They had to do work with barely any food and her mother with blistering feet. And to find out what else happens I suggest to you read the book.
I think the author wants the reader to know how hard it was back then. What they went through, all the twists and turns which happened to the people and the people's emotions over what was happening.
My favorite part is honestly the ending. But since I do not want to give away the ending, I will say my favorite part is when Esther and her family are allowed to live in the village. How happy Esther was and then the look upon her face when she finds her and her family will have to live on the outskirts but then how she becomes happy again to find it was still in walking distance.
I would recommend this book for kids or young teenagers from the age of about 9 to around 13 or 14. People who might like this are people who liked the book Number the Stars or The Diary of Anne Frank (Diary of a Young Girl). -- Espi
Well read by the narrator. This is a moving account of exile in Siberia during WW II. For all the hardships of life in Siberian exile, realistically captured here, it gave freedom and survival. Should be listening for everyone.
We took it along as installments on several trips, made them something to look forward to.
For all ages with life.
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