- Fiction, Women physicians, History, Hospitals
In a rural village in December 2004 Chechnya, a failed doctor Akhmed harbors the traumatized 8-year-old daughter of a father abducted by Russian forces and treats a series of wounded rebels and refugees while exploring the shared past that binds him to the child.
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- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Anthony Marra
- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 416
- Publisher
- Vintage Canada, Hogarth
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780770436421
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