The Ice Road

Gillian Slovo

first published 2004 W.W. Norton & Co., 2005 545 pages

"Irina Davydovna, survivor of the ice ship Chelyuskin, which sank in the Arctic circle, is back in her beloved home city of Leningrad. She thinks her troubles are over. But this is Leningrad in 1933. As Stalin begins to turn against the city, and his old favourite Sergei Kirov, Irina finds herself caught up in forces beyond anyone's control." "Loyalties, belief, love and family ties: all are about to be tested to the...

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Ice road edition · 2005 · W.W. Norton & Co. · 545 pages
The Ice Road paperback · 2004 · Little, Brown · 560 pages · 9780316727488
The Ice Road hardcover · 2004 · Virago Press Ltd · 416 pages · 9781860499579
The Ice Road paperback · 2004 · Virago Press Ltd · 320 pages · 9781844080519
The Ice Road hardcover · 2004 · Little, Brown · 416 pages · 9780316727495

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