num_pages: 144
description: Capturing the harsh realities of postwar Soviet life, a new novel by the author of Dreams of My Russian Summers follows the fortunes of two families, those of close friends Iakov Zinger and Peter Evdokimov, as they struggle to put together their shattered lives and dreams in the years following World War II. Reprint.
language: English
title: Confessions of a Fallen Standard-Bearer
titlecomplete: Confessions of a Fallen Standard-Bearer
genres: France, World War II, Childrens, Russia, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 223
publisher: Penguin Books