The Siege

Helen Dunmore

earliest edition we have, 2001 Viking, 2001 hardcover 293 pages

(Thorndike Press Large Print Core Series)

Leningrad, September 1941. German tanks surround the city, imprisoning those who live there. The besieged people of Leningrad face shells, starvation, and the Russian winter. Interweaving two love affairs in two generations, THE SIEGE draws us deep into the Levin's family struggle to stay alive during this terrible winter. It is a story about war and the wounds it inflicts on people's lives. It is also a lyrical and...

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The Siege ebook · 2009 · Penguin Group UK · 9780141924977
The Siege paperback · 2002 · Grove Press · 304 pages · 9780802139580
The siege edition · 2002 · Thorndike Press · 440 pages
The siege hardcover · 2001 · Grove Press · 293 pages
The siege hardcover · 2001 · Viking · 293 pages

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