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A Novel
by Helen Dunmore
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by Audrey Magee
Published Sep 2015
Read ReviewsA much-anticipated debut from a remarkable new talent in Irish fictiona terrifyingly intimate story of a war marriage caught up in the calamity of World War II
by Tom Rob Smith
Published May 2010
Read ReviewsFormer state security officer Leo Demidov is struggling to change as the Soviet Union changes around him. The two young girls he adopted have yet to forgive him for his part in the death of their parents, and they are not alone; now that the truth is out, Leo and his family are in grave danger from someone consumed by the dark legacy of Leo's past...
by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Published Nov 2009
Read ReviewsIn the bestselling tradition of Doctor Zhivago and Sophie's Choice, a sweeping epic of Russia from the last days of the Tsars to today's age of oligarchs -- by the prizewinning author of Young Stalin.
by David Benioff
Published Apr 2009
Read ReviewsA writer visits his retired grandparents in Florida to document their experience during the infamous siege of Leningrad. His grandmother won't talk about it, but his grandfather reluctantly consents. The result is the captivating odyssey of two young men trying to survive against desperate odds; an intimate coming-of-age tale with an utterly ...
by Debra Dean
Published Feb 2007
Read ReviewsThe ravages of age are taking their toll on Marina, an elderly Russian woman. While she cannot hold on to fresh memories, her distant past is preserved: vivid images of her youth in war-torn Leningrad, and the exquisite masterpieces of the Hermitage Museum.
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