Anatoly Ivanov (b. 1928), State Prize winner and editor-in-chief of Molodaya Gvardia magazine, has been writing for over twenty years. Alka’s Songs, his first collection of short stories, was published in Novosibirsk in 1956. This was followed by three novels: Morning Glory (1958), Shadows Disappear at Noon (1964), and The Eternal Call (1969), which have won acclaim both in the Soviet Union and abroad.

Anatoly Ivanov writes of Siberia, its past and present. Most of his books have been filmed and serialized.

The action of The Eternal Call covers nearly fifty years, from the turn of the century to the Great Patriotic War against fascism. The book’s characters are peasants, workers, revolutionaries, Party functionaries, and Red Army men and officers. As one of the main characters says: “Sooner or later the man’ll begin thinking about the meaning of life…. And what forces him to do this is a powerful, compelling eternal call to life, an eternal desire to find his own place in life….” These words provide the key to all of Anatoly Ivanov’s work.

Translated from the Russian by Fainna Glagoleva
Illustrated by Peter Pinkisevich

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FOREWORD. 7
PROLOGUE. 15
Part one. THE BROTHERS 93
Part two. A RIP IN TIME BECOMES A HOLE. 241
Part three.THE GREAT OPPOSITION.507