- Fiction, historical, Soviet union, fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, general
The year is 1930. In a small Tartar village, a woman named Zuleikha watches as her husband is murdered by communists. Zuleikha herself is sent into exile, enduring a horrendous train journey to a remote spot on the Angara River in Siberia.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and prestige.
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- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Guzel Yakhina, Lisa C. Hayden
- First published
- 2019
- Pages
- 472
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781786073495
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