Two novellas from one of the most exciting writers in contemporary
Russia.
Horsemen of the Sands gathers two novellas by Leonid Yuzefovich:
Horsemen of the Sands and The Storm. The former tells the true story of
R.F. Ungern-Shternberg, also known as the Mad Baltic Baron, a military
adventurer whose intense fascination with the East drove him to seize
control of Mongolia during the chaos of the Russian Civil War. The Storm
centers on an unexpected emotional crisis that grips a Russian
elementary school on an otherwise regular day, unveiling the vexed
emotional bonds and shared history that knit together its community of
students, teachers, parents, and staff.