- Prisoners of war, Communism, Families, Family
Told who to cheer for, who to believe in, Yuri grows up in a country where no freedom of thought is encouraged - where even one's neighbours are encouraged to report any dissension to the authorities. But it is still a shock when a few careless words lead him to a virtual death-sentence - sent on a nightmare journey up north to a camp amidst the frozen wastes. What, or who, can he possibly believe in now? Can he even survive? And is escape possible ... ?
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and bleak.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Anne Fine
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Corgi, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), Doubleday UK
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780374363161
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