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People'S Act Of Love

de James Meek
idioma: inglês
Editor: CANONGATE BOOKS LTD, julho de 2005 ‧
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1919 SIBERIA
In the outer reaches of a country recently torn apart by civil war lives a small Christian sect and its enigmatic leader, Balashov. Stationed nearby is a regiment of Czech soldiers, desperate to get home but on the losing side of the recent conflict. Uncertainty prevails.

Into this isolated community trudges Samarin, an escapee from Russia's northernmost gulag. Immediately apprehended, he is brought for interrogation before Captain Matula, the regiment's megalomaniac commander. But the stranger's arrival has caught the attention of others, including Anna, a beautiful, young war widow. And when the local shaman lies dead, suspicion and terror engulf the little town . . .

James Meek's novel is a breathtaking contemporary fable staged against one of the most remote landscapes on earth. The remarkable cast of characters and Meek's uncanny ability to evoke the period bring to mind the work of the great Russian masters. The People's Act of Love is a magnificent piece of storytelling, an unforgettable novel and a deeply satisfying read.

"A quite extraordinary novel … The language is so fresh and crisp and sparkling - and yet never for the sake of showing off. And what a narrative! What a story! There's a majestic disdain for littleness in this book - for littleness of ambition, for narrowness of sympathy, for pettiness of imaginative scope. I admire it enormously."
Philip Pullman

"James Meek's magnificent and beautifully written book manages to be both simple and profound, with a faultless balance between cruelty and humanity. Such a truly Russian novel, with its huge horizons, is an exceptional event in English literature."
Antony Beevor

"A big, bold, thrillingly different story told with uncanny authority. Meek understands the horrific power of evil, but he never looses his sense of humour of his affection for those odd moments of grace that keep the human heat alive."
Michel Faber

People'S Act Of Love

de James Meek

Propriedade Descrição
ISBN: 9781841956541
Editor: CANONGATE BOOKS LTD
Data de Lançamento: julho de 2005
Idioma: Inglês
Encadernação: Capa dura
Páginas: 400
Tipo de produto: Livro
Classificação Temática: Livros em Inglês > Literatura > Romance
Livros em Inglês > Literatura > Ficção
EAN: 9781841956541
Idade Mínima Recomendada: Não aplicável

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James Meek

James Meek nasceu em Londres em 1962 e cresceu em Dundee. Publicou dois romances, Mcfarlane Boils The Sea (1989) e Drivetime (1995), e duas recolhas de contos, Last Orders (1992) e, mais recentemente, The Museum of Doubt (2000), que foi incluído na lista de selecção final do Prémio MacMillan Silver Pen. Participou nas aclamadas antologias Rebel Inc. Children Of Albion Rovers (1996) e Rovers Return (2001).

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