by Esther Hautzig · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141369044
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«The Endless Steppe» is Esther Hautzig's autobiographical novel, published by Penguin Books in paperback (288 pages, in English).
In 1941, at the age of ten, Esther Rudomin is deported with her family to the Siberian steppe by the Soviet authorities, who consider them «capitalists». The narrative follows five years of exile in which hunger and cold alternate with resistance, hope, and the small gestures that preserve human dignity.
It belongs to Penguin's The Originals collection. The first edition dates from 1968. It won the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, the Sydney Taylor Book Award, and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.
For young readers aged 12 and up, especially those seeking historical novels about World War II and survival.
Esther R. Hautzig was a Polish-born American writer, best known for her award-winning book The Endless Steppe (1968).
