Title: "We never make mistakes"
Subtitle: two short novels
First published: 1963
Description: In "An Incident at Krechetovka Station," a Red Army lieutenant is confronted by a disturbing straggler soldier and must decide what to do with him. "Matryona's House" is the tale of an old peasant woman, whose tenacious struggle against cold, hunger, and greedy relatives is described by a young man who only understands her after her death.
Subjects: Translations into English, Social life and customs, Fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Russian fiction, Political fiction, Political prisoners, World literature, Fiction subjects, Peoples & cultures - fiction
Places: Soviet Union, Russia
People: Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenit︠s︡yn (1918-2008)