Author

Publication

2013 - Random House Canada, Toronto, Ontario

Language

English

Word Count

96,000 words, Guess

Page Count

384 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC813/.6
  • LCCPS3613.A7667 C66 2013
  • LCCPS3613.A768726 C66 2013

Description

A haunting novel set in a nearly abandoned hospital in war-torn Chechnya that is both intimate and ambitious in scope. Eight-year-old Havaa, Akhmed, the neighbour who rescues her after her father's disappearance, and Sonia, the doctor who shelters her over 5 dramatic days in December 2004, must all reach back into their pasts to unravel the intricate mystery of coincidence, betrayal and forgiveness which unexpectedly binds them and decides their fate. In his bold debut, Anthony Marra proves that sometimes fiction can tell us the truth of the world far better, and far more powerfully, than any news story.

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  • A constellation of vital phenomena: a novelRandom House Canada2013-01-01
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