The Fate of a Man

Interesting Facts

• The book tells the story of an ordinary Russian soldier, Andrei Sokolov, who went through the horrors of World War II.
• The work is based on real events and the author's personal impressions from meetings with war veterans.
• The main character, Andrei Sokolov, loses his entire family during the war but finds the strength to live on by adopting an orphaned boy.
• The book was first published in 1957 in the magazine «Pravda» and immediately gained wide recognition.
• The work was one of the first in Soviet literature to depict war through the lens of personal tragedies and the sufferings of ordinary people.
• The book was adapted into a film in 1959 by director Sergei Bondarchuk, who also played the lead role of Andrei Sokolov.