They had had to live with the consequences of man’s inhumanity to man

They had had to live with the consequences of man’s inhumanity to man  Read Less

You will shiver with the cold of the freezing russian winter barely surviving fighting starvation

You will shiver with the cold of the freezing russian winter barely surviving fighting starvation  Read Less

Eventually as the food gradually begins to break through the blockade the colour and senses return to the narrative

Eventually as the food gradually begins to break through the blockade the colour and senses return to the narrative  Read Less

In another authors hands this might have been lush with romantic melodrama but dunmore keeps it clean and cold allowing the det...  Read More

In another authors hands this might have been lush with romantic melodrama but dunmore keeps it clean and cold allowing the details to speak for themselves kolyas childish whining as he cannot understand why he cant have another spoonful of precious hoarded jam the quiet yet deep relationship between anna and andrei who fall in love in the most inauspicious of circumstances the visceral cold as temperatures drop and water freezes in rooms with no power the effect on human nature the frightening competition for almost nonexistent resources the moments of compassion and friendship the look and feel and smell of bodies slowly starving  Read Less

A story of survival against the odds

A story of survival against the odds  Read Less