Ivan Melezh's name will remain etched in national and world literature thanks to his epic 'Polesia Chronicle'—a profound philosophical and artistic reflection on life in Belarus during the pivotal years of the 1920s and 1930s. The novel 'People in the Swamp,' which opens the chronicle, introduces the reader to the Belarusian world of the village of Kureni, where the drama of the lives and loves of the main characters unfolds.

Book in Belarusian