The Dead Lake
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781908670144 (1908670142)
Publish date: February 27th 2014
Publisher: Peirene Press
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
"A haunting Russian tale about the environmental legacy of the Cold War. Yerzhan grows up in a remote part of Kazakhstan where the Soviets tests atomic weapons. As a young boy he falls in love with the neighbour’s daughter and one evening, to impress her, he dives into a forbidden lake. The radio-ac...