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Makar's Dream And Other Stories

Makar's Dream And Other Stories

Korolenko, V. G.

Paperback

General Fiction

Publisher Price: $17.99

ISBN10: 9371461985
ISBN13: 9789371461986
Publisher: Double 9 Booksllp
Published: Jun 1 2025
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Makar's dream follows a poor peasant in the forests of Yakutsk, grappling with a harsh existence by retreating into imagined visions of peace and spiritual clarity. The narrative begins on Christmas Eve with bitter reflections on poverty and the absence of comfort to ease suffering. Exchanges with others reveal the tension between pride and survival, exposing inner conflict. A venture into the snow captures a yearning for escape and hints at a deeper struggle with self-deception and despair. A collapse in the snow leads to a dreamlike encounter that shifts the narrative from realism to metaphysical reflection, where judgment after death becomes central. The vision explores questions of justice, redemption, and personal responsibility, placing simple actions in contrast with larger forces governing human fate. The story merges earthly suffering with spiritual consequence, positioning an internal world where hardship and hope persist. Through this dream, the reader is drawn into a powerful critique of inequality and a compassionate vision of endurance and moral reckoning.

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