A Story about a Real Man (Hardback)
- 344 Seiten
- 13 Lesestunden
The story of downed WWII Soviet fighter pilot (and Hero of the Soviet Union) Alexiei Maresyev, who with both feet amputated because of frostbite returns to combat flying.
Boris Polevoi Reihenfolge der Bücher
Boris Polevoi war ein bemerkenswerter sowjetischer Schriftsteller, der für seine fesselnden Erzählungen bekannt ist, die sich oft mit Themen wie Heldentum und Widerstandsfähigkeit angesichts von Widrigkeiten befassten. Seine Prosa zeichnet sich durch tiefe psychologische Einsichten und eine realistische Darstellung des menschlichen Geistes im Angesicht extremer Herausforderungen aus. Durch seine Geschichten erforschte er den unbezwingbaren Willen und die Opfer, die gebracht wurden, und hinterließ eine bedeutende Spur in der literarischen Landschaft.
- 2010
- 2002
A Story about a Real Man
- 564 Seiten
- 20 Lesestunden
The inspirational story of World War Two-era Soviet fighter pilot Alexey Petrovich Maresyev (May 20, 1916–May 19, 2001). On April 4, 1942, Maresyev's Polikarpov I-16 was shot down near Staraya Russa, then occupied by Nazi Germany. Maresyev survives the crash but is badly wounded. Despite his injuries, and after a grueling 18-day struggle to return to Soviet-controlled territory, he is rescued and cared for by villagers from a collective farm before being transferred to a hospital. Eventually both his legs are amputated below the knee. Desperate to return to his career as a fighter pilot, Maresyev undergoes nearly a year of therapy and exercise to master the control of his prosthetic devices, and returns to flying in June 1943. During his recovery, he is inspired by the thought of his girlfriend and the support of his fellow patients. By the war's end, Maresyev had completed 86 combat flights and shot down 11 German warplanes. In 1943 he was awarded the Golden Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union, the highest military decoration of the USSR. In 1944, Maresyev joined the Communist Party and two years later retired from the army. Eventually he became a member of Supreme Soviet. On a side note, the book was made into an opera by the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev and premiered in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) on December 3, 1948.