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Originally Posted by Catlady
Fantastic Fiction and other sources show One Night in Winter as the second book in trilogy. When I researched it before nominating, I got the strong impression that the three books shared the same setting and general time period, but were otherwise unrelated. Is that not the case?
I considered Sashenka but rejected it for this category based the description of the book starting with a 16-year-old and then jumping ahead 20 years--that seemed to give it a different focus. Plus I was more intrigued by the story line of One Night.
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I've seen it both as second and third. From a timeline perspective, Sashenka is prerevolution through the revolution. Yes, she does become and adult later in the book. I don't remember the final time frame of the book, but Stalin was in charge at the end, so that puts in at least to the start of his reign. Red Sky at noon takes place in WWII. The protagonist is a man who had an affair with Sashenka in the first book. She doesn't appear and it can be read independently. He's in the Siberian work camps and applies to be in a division of criminals along the southern front as Hitler approaches Stalingrad. One night in Winter is post WWII. Benya Golden, the central character from book Red Sky at Noon, now teaches literature in Moscow at the elite school all the top communists send their kids. (He's earned his forgiveness. It sure is alot about the kids, but I'm still not sure it fits the category.