The Case of Sergeant Grischa (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Arnold Zweig
- First Published: 1927
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1917
- Setting: Russia
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Escapes, 1910’s, Capital punishment, Trials, World War I, Soldiers, Prisoners of war, Russia or Russian people
- Locales: Russia
Characters Discussed
Sergeant Grischa Iljitsch Paprotkin (GREE-shah ee-LEECH pah-PROHT- kihn), a Russian soldier held as a prisoner by the Germans in 1917. Though not ill-treated by his captors, he wishes to return to his family, and so contrives an escape. During his lonely wanderings, he begins to lose his humanity, but he recovers it when he becomes the lover of Babka, a woman leading a band of refugees who take him into their midst. Sergeant Grischa assumes the identity of Sergeant Pavlovitsch Bjuscheff, a Russian deserter, so that he can avoid punishment as an escaped...
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