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Publisher: Canongate

Author: James Meek

ISBN: 9781786894014

Year: 2022

Format: Paperback

Historical fiction, War

The People's Act Of Love by
James Meek

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$ 300.00 mxn

The People's Act Of Love by

James Meek

Reviews

"Magnificent and beautifully written… such a truly Russian novel, with its huge horizons, it is an exceptional event in English literature."

Antony Beevor

Summary

1919, Siberia.

Deep in the unforgiving landscape a town lies under military rule, awaiting the remorseless assault of Bolsheviks along the Trans-Siberian railway. One night a stranger, Samarin, appears from the woods with a tale of escape from an Arctic prison, insisting a cannibal is on his trail. Only Anna, a beautiful young widow, trusts his story. When a local shaman is found dead, suspicion and terror engulf the isolated community, which harbours a secret of its own...

An International Bestseller. Longlisted for The Man Booker Prize and winner of The Ondaatje Prize.

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