{"product_id":"the-siege-paperback-by-helen-dunmore","title":"The Siege Paperback by Helen Dunmore","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin UK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2011-05-24)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e304\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780241952191\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e226.8\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e19.66 x 12.95 x 1.98\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e**\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE AUTHOR OF INSIDE THE WAVE, THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Leningrad, September 1941. Hitler orders the German forces to surround the city at the start of the most dangerous, desperate winter in its history. For two pairs of lovers - Anna and Andrei, Anna's novelist father and banned actress Marina - the siege becomes a battle for survival. They will soon discover what it is like to be so hungry you boil shoe leather to make soup, so cold you burn furniture and books. But this is not just a struggle to exist, it is also a fight to keep the spark of hope alive...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliantly imagined novel of war and the wounds it inflicts on ordinary people's lives, and a profoundly moving celebration of love, life and survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'Remarkable, affecting...there are few more interesting stories than this; and few writers who could have told it better' Rachel Cusk, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Literary writing of the highest order set against a background if suffering so intimately reconstructed it is hard to believe that Dunmore was not there' Richard Overy, \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Utterly convincing. A deeply moving account of two love stories in terrible circumstances. The story of their struggle to survive appears simple, as all great literature should. . . a world-class novel' Antony Beevor, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Novelist and poet Helen Dunmore has achieved great critical acclaim since publishing her first adult novel, the McKitterick Prize winning, \u003ci\u003eZennor in Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novels, \u003ci\u003eCounting the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYour Blue-Eyed Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWith Your Crooked Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBurning Bright\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHouse of Orphans\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMourning Ruby\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Spell of Winter\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTalking to the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, and her collection of short stories \u003ci\u003eLove of Fat Men\u003c\/i\u003e are all published by Penguin. This edition includes the first chapter of \u003ci\u003eBetrayal\u003c\/i\u003e, the sequel to \u003ci\u003eThe Siege\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eHelen Dunmore was an award-winning novelist, children's author and poet. She published twelve novels including \u003ci\u003eZennor in Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the McKitterick Prize; \u003ci\u003eBurning Bright; A Spell of Winter, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the inaugural Orange Prize in 1996; \u003ci\u003eTalking to the Dead; Your Blue-Eyed Boy; With Your Crooked Heart; The Siege, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002; \u003ci\u003eMourning Ruby \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHouse of Orphans. \u003c\/i\u003eShe was posthumously awarded the Costa 2017 prize for her poetry collection \u003ci\u003eInside the Wave.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46552491458721,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780241952191","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780241952191.jpg?v=1781707436","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-siege-paperback-by-helen-dunmore","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}