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Sliding on the Snow Stone

Andy Szpuk

Kindle Edition | Pages: 238 pages

Rating: 4.09 | 351 Users | 54 Reviews

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Title	:	Sliding on the Snow Stone
Author	:	Andy Szpuk
Book Format	:	Kindle Edition
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 238 pages
Published	:	September 21st 2011 by Bandura Books
Categories	:	Nonfiction. History. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Cultural. Ukraine

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It is astonishing that anyone lived this story. It is even more astonishing that anyone survived it. Stefan grows up in the grip of a raging famine. Stalin’s Five Year Plan brings genocide to Ukraine – millions of people starve to death. To free themselves from the daily terrors of Soviet rule, Stefan and his friends fight imaginary battles in nearby woods to defend their land. The games they play are their only escape. ‘Sliding on the Snow Stone’ is the true story of Stefan's extraordinary journey across a landscape of hunger, fear and devastating loss. With Europe on the brink of World War Two, Stefan and his family pray they'll survive in their uncertain world. They long to be free. (In 1932-33, as part of their drive towards industrialisation, the Soviet Union demanded impossibly high requisitions of grain from rural areas in Ukraine. In a deliberate act of genocide, Ukrainian smallholdings were stripped of food, and the population began to perish, with some estimates as high as 10 million deaths, from starvation. In Ukraine, this atrocity became known as the Holodomor (death by hunger). The following years saw Soviet purges and terrors resulting in the elimination of academics and intellectuals, or of anyone who spoke out against Soviet rule. When World War Two arrived on Ukraine’s doorstep, many people viewed the Nazis as liberators – a view that was quickly proved wrong. ‘Sliding on the Snow Stone’ is Stefan’s personal account of a historical period drenched in the blood of a nation, and of his yearning for freedom).

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Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Ukraine

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"The things we'd seen and the world we lived in were too terrible for children."This sentence from Sliding on the Snow Stone concisely describes the tragic real-life events of Stefan Szpuk, who was born in a village in Ukraine in the 1920s. By the time he was five, he had survived the famine architected by Stalin across Ukraine. By the time he was 15 and had left his village forever, he had survived oppression by both Soviets and Nazis. But his struggle was not yet over. Eventually, in the

I found the first about 60% of this book gripping and hard to put down. The plight of Ukranians under Soviet rule is something we hear little about - especially what happened in the early 1930s. We, here in the privileged and relatively safe 21st century of the West can only read, aghast; living through something like this is beyond our comprehension. Mr Szpuk's experience of the war kept me reading even when I was too tired to do so. One of my very favourite types of book is the historical



I knew nothing about the history of the Ukraine before reading this book even though I have a Ukrainian friend (but she's very young) so had no idea if I would like it or not. I did, I found it fascinating and interesting. A frustration but may have been due to reading the kindle version was that there were Ukrainian words used that I didn't know what they meant and couldn't find a glossary although there were tips on how to pronounce at the end. Would heartily recommend and am happy to receive

I was left with much to ponder after reading this, a harrowing but beautiful triumph of the human soul. Stefans love for Ukraine and family is his steady heart, as brutal forces attempt to wear down his body. At many times chilling, Sliding on the Snow Stone rings with the warm of familial love, and of love for ones country. I am so glad I read this book, albeit slowly due to the disturbing but honest scenes set during the 1930s-1940s. Highly recommended.

Very good for non-fiction.

The history is interesting, but I found myself feeling a large generational and cultural gap with the author. He describes things often in poetic prose, which is not a style of writing I enjoy. It's a finish-able book, but just barely.