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Red Laughter - Short Classics 77 Book Description: In Red Laughter, Leonid Andreyev, one of the pioneers of Russian expressionism, expresses the horror of war from an insider's perspective, presenting a section that will leave a deep impression. The harsh, cold and uncompromisingly honest text, expertly adapted to its content, not only conveys what is happening at the front, but also deals with the mass insanity that affects even the soldiers' families waiting at home. Andreyev's war is not a heroic story where all the bullets hit the target; It is the story of severed limbs, soldiers whose letters reached their homes after the news of their deaths, endless death lists, insomnia that drives people crazy, and the blood-curdling fear that prevails both at the front and in homes.
This work, published by Can Publications and written by Leonid Andreyev, is now on Books in the World.