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Issledovanije massovogo goloda v "Blokadnoj knige" A. Adamoviča i D. Granina
| Title in English | The study of mass starvation in A Book of the Blockade by A. Adamovich and D. Granin |
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Slavica Iuvenum XXIII. Sborník příspěvků z mezinárodní vědecké konference Slavica Iuvenum 2022. Ostrava 2022. |
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| Web | Slavica Iuvenum XXIII. Sborník příspěvků z mezinárodní vědecké konference Slavica Iuvenum 2022 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.15452/SlavicaIuvenum.XXIII.34 |
| Keywords | Adamovich; Granin; A Book of the Blockade; starvation |
| Description | Ales Adamovich and Daniil Granin set a goal to give a voice to people who survived the terrible tragedy - the blockade of Leningrad. This paper examines the depiction of mass starvation in two parts of A Book of the Blockade.Various aspects of the image of famine in the book are considered: death, psychological deviations and physical changes, eating inedible things and pets, and much more. The image of mass starvationin the diaries of people who were in the siege of Leningrad is also analyzed. Adamovich and Granin succeeded in recreating the atmosphere of terrible hunger, despair, meanness and, at the same time, heroism and mutual assistance among Leningraders. |
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