Окаянные дни by Ivan Bunin

A vivid, uncompromising diary of the Russian revolutions and civil war that records daily impressions of violence, hunger and moral collapse; written with lyrical rigor and bitter indignation, it blends eyewitness reportage, personal reflection and moral indictment of the new regime, mourning the disintegration of cultural and human bonds while preserving the memory of suffering, exile and the loss of a familiar world.