BEAUTIFUL BOOK, AWFUL EDITION
It's A MUST read book by one of the best contemporary newcomer-writer in Russia. Author placed her fiction heroes, nice ordinary people, in real cruel life in pre-war Russia. It's not GULAG - but it's gulag-like life. It's impossible to live - but they live, and fight, and love, and they win! *** Saying this, I need to mention that the book is very difficult to read. Very strange paperback edition by PRINCETON Publishing (I believe) - big non-standard format, non- bendable; no illustrations of course. Looks like the publisher goal was to save money - and that's it (although book isn't cheap). I quit the book in the very beginning, and switched to KINDLE edition. I DO NOT recommend the book - use kindle edition, which gets my FIVE STARS
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