'It's Hard to Be a God.'
Perhaps the most famous of the Strugatsky brothers' works.
One of the most celebrated stories in Russian science fiction.
A captivating, dramatic story of the life, love, and adventures of 'Don Rumata' from the kingdom of Arkanar on a distant planet—a knight with two swords, the name behind Anton, a 22nd-century resident of planet Earth.
Authors: Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky
He was born on August 28, 1925, in Batumi, where his father, Natan Zalmanovich Strugatsky, worked as editor of the newspaper Trudovoy Adjaristan. His mother, Aleksandra Ivanovna Litvitcheva (1901–1981), was a teacher and taught literature.
During the Great Patriotic War, the Strugatsky family was trapped in besieged Leningrad. In January 1942, his father, Natan Zalmanovich Strugatsky, and Arkady were evacuated via the “Road of Life” across Lake Ladoga, while his mother remained in the city with the ill Boris.…
