The Case of Sergeant Grischa (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Arnold Zweig
- First Published: 1927
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1917
- Setting: Russia
- Principal Characters: Grischa, Babka, General von Lychow, Schieffenzahn, Winfried
- 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
The Story:
In the year 1917, the Russians were nearly beaten, and the Germans contented themselves with consolidating their hold on Russian territory from Riga south through Poland. With the end of the bitter fighting, a camaraderie grew up between the German soldiers and their Russian prisoners. Even so, Sergeant Grischa Iljitsch Paprotkin was determined to escape. His work was not difficult, and his cheerful strength had made him foreman of the labor gang and a general favorite with his German captors. Grischa, however, thinking of his wife and son far to the east, made his...
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