The White Guard
"The White Guard" is a gripping family saga by Mikhail Bulgakov, in which the author partially depicted the history of his own family; a novel about social catastrophe, the disappearance of a whole way of life that will never return. Love and betrayal against the backdrop of the Civil War, faith and despair, fear and boundless courage — Bulgakov conveys all this in words simple and understandable to every heart. This novel is the "War and Peace" of the early 20th century, equal in scope to Lev Tolstoy’s masterpiece, poignant and lyrical.