The People's Act of Love
Set in a time of great social upheaval, warfare, and terrorism, and against a stark, lawless Siberia at the end of the Russian Revolution, The People’s Act of Love portrays the fragile coexistence of a beautiful, independent mother raising her son alone, a megalomaniac Czech captain and his...
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Set in a time of great social upheaval, warfare, and terrorism, and against a stark, lawless Siberia at the end of the Russian Revolution, The People’s Act of Love portrays the fragile coexistence of a beautiful, independent mother raising her son alone, a megalomaniac Czech captain and his restless regiment, and a mystical separatist Christian sect. When a mysterious, charismatic stranger trudges into their snowy village with a frighteningly outlandish story to tell, its balance is shaken to the core.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781841958774 (1841958778)
Publish date: December 4th 2006
Publisher: Canongate U.S.
Pages no: 405
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
War,
Contemporary,
Russia,
Modern
Easily one of the best books I've read this year.
Difficult to get in to as the first few chapters are very confusing and complex as each chapter is a snippet of a different persons life. Stick with it....please!It is only when these individual stories start to interconnect, as Cindy said 'the confusion becomes more interesting than confusing.' Se...
I think I need to save this for another time, another season, since I've already overextended myself with challenging summer reads.
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