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A journey to a fair becomes a lifetime of exile.
When a fellow merchant is found murdered, Ivan Dmitrich Aksionov is arrested with a bloodstained knife in his luggage. Innocent but unable to prove it, he is torn from his family and condemned to hard labor in Siberia.
Over twenty-six years, the carefree young man becomes an aging prisoner sustained by faith. Then a new convict arrives, and a few careless words reopen the wound that has shaped his life. Faced with an opportunity for revenge, Aksionov must confront the meaning of justice-and the extraordinary cost of forgiveness.
Written by Lyoff Tolstoi and narrated by Mark Zampella, A Long Exile is a moving short story of wrongful conviction, lost years, and the search for peace. This enduring classic of Russian literature explores whether a man deprived of everything can still discover a freedom no prison can take away.
When a fellow merchant is found murdered, Ivan Dmitrich Aksionov is arrested with a bloodstained knife in his luggage. Innocent but unable to prove it, he is torn from his family and condemned to hard labor in Siberia.
Over twenty-six years, the carefree young man becomes an aging prisoner sustained by faith. Then a new convict arrives, and a few careless words reopen the wound that has shaped his life. Faced with an opportunity for revenge, Aksionov must confront the meaning of justice-and the extraordinary cost of forgiveness.
Written by Lyoff Tolstoi and narrated by Mark Zampella, A Long Exile is a moving short story of wrongful conviction, lost years, and the search for peace. This enduring classic of Russian literature explores whether a man deprived of everything can still discover a freedom no prison can take away.