The hero, Captain Alexei Korolev, a detective in Moscow’s criminal investigation squad in the 1930s, dissatisfied and morose, manages to cling to his job and his life while all around him are losing theirs. He’s ordered to the port...
Hugo is the child in this book,set in the early 1940s. The Jews of Chernivtsi have been concentrated in a ghetto and some, including Hugo’s father, have been deported to labour camps. Hugo’s Mother – in order to save...
From out of the whiteness, a dark figure comes… December, 1930, Ukraine. After the horrors of war, Luka wants a quiet life with his family. His village has, so far, remained hidden from the advancing Soviet brutality – but...
First published in 1936 this book is thought to be quite autobiographical. It is the story of young girl’s difficult relationship with her beautiful, but vain and shallow mother. The novel is set during the period of the First...
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