The Winter Horses, Philip Kerr
The Winter Horses, Philip Kerr
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The Winter Horses

Author: Philip Kerr

Narrator: James Langton

Unabridged: 6 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/02/2015


Synopsis

It will soon be another cold winter in the Ukraine. But it's 1941, and things are different this year. Max, the devoted caretaker of an animal preserve, must learn to live with the Nazis who have overtaken this precious land. He must also learn to keep secrets—for there is a girl, Kalinka, who is hiding in the park.

Kalinka has lost her home, her family, her belongings—everything but her life. Still, she has gained one small, precious gift: a relationship with the rare, wild, and wily Przewalski's horses that wander the preserve. Aside from Max, these endangered animals are her only friends—until a Nazi campaign of extermination nearly wipes them out for good.

Now Kalinka must set out on a treacherous journey across the frozen forest to save the only two surviving horses—and herself.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jadranka on November 25, 2015

Radnja simpatičnog romana "Stepski konji" smeštena je u Ukrajinu, a godina je 1941. Čitalac prati mučnu sudbinu devojčice Kaljinke, i njenih sapatnika (i saputnika), dva divlja stepska konja (poznata pod imenom - konji Prževalskog, koji su potomci preistorijskih konja, koje su ljudi iz starijeg kamen......more

Goodreads review by Alex on August 03, 2014

In the Summer of 1941, the manager of the large animal reserve in the Ukraine, Askaniya-Nova, told his senior caretaker Maxim Borisovich Melnik to kill all the animals before the Germans arrived and did it themselves to replenish their dwindling food supplies. But Max can't bring himself to do it, an......more

Goodreads review by Mara on August 24, 2014

This is a review for an uncorrected Advanced Readers Copy. Cover Blurb: Yes or No? I do really like the cover, even if it has a character impersonator on it. She actually works really well for Kalinka, even though I kept picturing her a lot younger than she's supposed to be. Characters: I didn't reall......more

Goodreads review by Selma on March 20, 2017

Priča o traženju izlaza iz leda, snijega i smrti u mračnim danima Drugog svjetskog rata u Ukrajini. Godina je 1941. Mjesto radnje Ukrajina - prirodni rezervat Askanija Nova. Priča započinje kad Maksim Borisovič, starac koji se brine o životinjama u prirodnom rezervatu Aksanija Nova, dobije zadatak da,......more

Goodreads review by Terri on October 08, 2015

Folktale and fact come together in this book about World War tragedies for humans and animals in the Ukraine. If you insist on happy endings, you'll have to look pretty hard, but the historical reality is important.......more