Жизнь и время Михаэла К.

Vokrug t͡sari͡at golod, stradanie i smertʹ. Malenʹkiĭ chelovek Mikhaėl K., na kotorogo koso smotri͡at iz-za ego zai͡achʹeĭ guby, vezet obessilennui͡u matʹ v rodnye zemli. Ona slishkom izmuchena, chtoby vyderzhatʹ puteshestvie v zhesti͡anoĭ tachke - smertʹ prikhodit za neĭ pri͡amo na doroge, i Mikhaėl ostaetsi͡a v nespravedlivom mire sovsem odin. Ti͡urʹma, pytki i trudovoĭ lagerʹ - lishʹ malai͡a chastʹ togo, s chem emu pridetsi͡a stolknutʹsi͡a. No, nesmotri͡a na khaos, t͡sari͡ashchiĭ vokrug, Mikhaėl idet svoim putem k pokoi͡u i svobode.

Hunger, suffering, and death reign all around. The little man Michael K., who is looked at askance because of his harelip, takes his exhausted mother to his native lands. She is too exhausted to endure the journey in a tin wheelbarrow — death comes for her right on the road, and Michael is left in an unfair world all alone. Prison, torture, and a labor camp are just a small part of what he will have to face. But despite the chaos that reigns around, Michael goes his own way to peace and freedom.