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Original Title:	The Russländer
ISBN:	0771014503 (ISBN13: 9780771014505)
Edition Language:	English

The Russländer

Sandra Birdsell

Hardcover | Pages: 360 pages

Rating: 3.66 | 721 Users | 57 Reviews

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Title	:	The Russländer
Author	:	Sandra Birdsell
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 360 pages
Published	:	September 18th 2001 by McClelland & Stewart (first published 2001)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Canada. Russia. Literature. Canadian Literature

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Katherine (Katya) Vogt is now an old woman living in Winnipeg, but the story of how she and her family came to Canada begins in Russia in 1910, on a wealthy Mennonite estate. Here they lived in a world bounded by the prosperity of their landlords and by the poverty and disgruntlement of the Russian workers who toil on the estate. But in the wake of the First World War, the tensions engulfing the country begin to intrude on the community, leading to an unspeakable act of violence. In the aftermath of that violence, and in the difficult years that follow, Katya tries to come to terms with the terrible events that befell her and her family. In lucid, spellbinding prose, Birdsell vividly evokes time and place, and the unease that existed in a county on the brink of revolutionary change. The Russländer is a powerful and moving story of ordinary people who lived through extraordinary times.

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I was really looking forward to this book but I was rather disappointed by it. The story is very good but I had a hard time getting into the book because of the way it is written. I think it's a shame; it could have been so much better!

I very much enjoyed this novel. I am not a huge reader of historical fiction, but found the characters and plot compelling, and the historical aspects of the novel rang true to my limited knowledge. I have great admiration for Sandra Birdsell's ability to craft both setting and plot to create a wonderful novel that I would highly recommend. There is an aspect of mystery that keeps the story moving along even for other readers, like me, who do not normally choose this particular genre as their

I thought this was a haunting book that has stayed with me for years. It taught me so much I could not imagine beforehand about "stuff in Russia" ... Evocative, spellbinding work: fiction that goes 'beyond'.

I read this book just after The Road. I was on holiday, and my husband was pleading with me to get ready, everyone was waiting for us in the lobby, but I just couldn't put the book down and had to finish it before supper! It starts off with meandering memories of a girl and her Mennonite family in Russia, and the community there. There are tensions between her father and the rich Mennonite family that owns the land. But when the Russian revolution starts, life becomes incredibly frightening. It

Im sure there is a fine story here, hidden within the folds of Mennonite minutiae but I was not engaged on any level. (Read: I was bored senseless.) I fidgeteted, squirmed and sighed my way through 79 pages. I then skimmed through a hundred more. Still nothing. I leave it to others to find their reading nirvana in these pages. Running for the exit.

Abandoned after 50 pages. I'm not patient enough for this style of writing. I wanted to like this book, and the history here is kin to my own, but the writing is dry and disengaged. Perhaps this book is for another time in life.

This was a difficult book for me to read, but I kept at it for two reasons.One is that my friend Janet Armstrong recommended it and she has good taste in books - better than me. Secondly almost everyone on here who reviewed it LOVED it.I just found it so slow that it was difficult to keep my interest. Then I realized why.My hope was that the book would stop being in Russia and would show the immigration to Canada - specifically Saskatchewan and Manitoba. I had hoped to find out more of the