*LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2019*

1919. The Russian Civil War. It is the harsh dead of winter, as four soldiers set up camp in a forest somewhere near the Romanian front line. There is a lull in the fighting, so their days are filled with precious hours of freedom, enjoying the tranquillity of a nearby pond and trying to forget their terrifying nightmares, all the while talking, smoking and waiting. Waiting for spring to come, waiting for their battalion to move on, waiting for the inevitable resumption of violence. Tightly focused and simply told, this is a story of friendship and the fragments of happiness that can illuminate the darkness of war.

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1919年。俄国内战。那是一个死气沉沉的严冬，四名士兵在罗马尼亚前线附近的一个森林里扎了营。战斗中出现了一段间歇，所以他们的日子充满了宝贵的自由时光：他们享受着附近池塘的宁静，试图忘记那些可怕的噩梦，他们一直在说话、抽烟和等待。他们在等待春天的到来，等待他们的营部继续前进，等待不可避免的暴力的继续。这是一个关于友谊和能照亮战争的黑暗的幸福片段的故事。