About “The Two Captains”
The Two Captains is a novel written by Soviet author Veniamin Kaverin between 1937 and 1946. It is Kaverin's most famous work and one of the most popular in Soviet literature. The novel won the USSR State Prize in 1946 and was reissued 42 times in 25 years. The story follows Alexander Grigoryev, a Russian youth, as he grows up through Czarist Russia, the October Revolution, and World War II. At the center of the narrative is Grigoryev's search for the lost Arctic expedition of Captain Ivan Tatarinov and his discovery of Severnaya Zemlya. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- Published
- 1940