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The Siege
The Siege
Author: Helen Dunmore
The Siege is Helen Dunmore's masterpiece. Her canvas is monumental -- the Nazis' 1941 winter siege on Leningrad that killed six hundred thousand -- but her focus is heartrendingly intimate. — One family, the Levins, fights to stay alive in their small apartment, held together by the unlikely courage and resourcefulness of twenty-two-year-...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780802117007
ISBN-10: 0802117007
Publication Date: 1/9/2002
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Grove Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 4
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This book entails the story of the seige of Stalingrad. It is a moving book which I found hard to put down.
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Having just been to St. Petersburg, I was interested in what the citizens of this great and beautiful city endured during WWII. This book was a very nice way to get a true idea of the horrible hardships endured by these people, two million of whom died. The story is all right, but the history is amazing. What a people! If you like a painless way to gather some facts, this is it. There is a good bibliography at the end.


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