Publisher's Synopsis
Grischa Paprotkin, a Russian soldier during World War I, escapes from a Germa prison camp and takes the identity of a dead soldier only to learn that he faces execution by his own army, because the dead man was a deserter.
About the Publisher
In January 1946, the Penguin Classics list was launched with E. V. Rieu's translation of The Odyssey. The series now consists of over 800 titles including the best in English, American, European, classical and non-western literature and an extensive range of philosophy, religion, art, history and politics titles.
