The People's Act of Love
1919, Siberia. Deep in the unforgiving landscape a town lies under military rule, awaiting the remorseless assault of Bolsheviks along the Trans-Siberian railway. Then Samarin arrives. Appearing from the woods with a tale of escape from an Arctic prison, he says he is being chased by a cannibal....
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1919, Siberia. Deep in the unforgiving landscape a town lies under military rule, awaiting the remorseless assault of Bolsheviks along the Trans-Siberian railway. Then Samarin arrives. Appearing from the woods with a tale of escape from an Arctic prison, he says he is being chased by a cannibal. Anna, a beautiful young widow, feels something for the new arrival. Then the local shaman is found dead and suspicion and terror engulf the little town.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781841957067 (1841957062)
Publish date: February 2nd 2005
Publisher: Canongate Books
Pages no: 391
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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