In this book you will read the short story 'The Fate of a Man' and 'Don Stories'. 'The Fate of Man' (1956-1957) is a poignant story about the times of the Great Patriotic War. One of the first works of Soviet literature, in which the war is shown truthfully and clearly. Captivity, German concentration camps, escape, return to the front, loss of loved ones, difficult post-war times, an attempt to find a soul mate, escape from loneliness. The story was filmed by Sergei Bondarchuk, he also played the main role in it - the film of the novice director received the main prize of the Moscow Film Festival in 1959.