by HelenDunmore (Author)
Leningrad, September 1941. German tanks surround the city, imprisoning those who live there. The besieged people of Leningrad face shells, starvation, and the Russian winter. Interweaving two love affairs in two generations, THE SIEGE draws us deep into the Levin's family struggle to stay alive during this terrible winter. What is it like to be so hungry you simmer your leather manicure case to make soup? So cold you burn first your furniture and then your books? THE SIEGE is a story about war and the wounds it inflicts on people's lives. It is also a lyrical and deeply moving celebration of love, life and survival.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Viking
Published: 07 Jun 2001
ISBN 10: 0670897183
ISBN 13: 9780670897186
Prizes: Shortlisted for Orange Prize for Fiction 2002 and Orange Prize 2002 and Whitbread Book Awards: Novel Category 2001 and Whitbread Prize (Novel) 2001.