The People’s Act of Love
James Meek
391 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 1841958778
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Language: English
Publish: December 4, 2006
21st CenturyBritish LiteratureContemporaryFictionHistoricalHistorical FictionLiterary FictionNovelsRussiaWar
Set in a time of great social upheaval, warfare, and terrorism, and against a stark, lawless Siberia at the end of the Russian Revolution, The People’s Act of Love portrays the fragile coexistence of a beautiful, independent mother raising her son alone, a megalomaniac Czech captain and his restless regiment, and a mystical separatist Christian sect. When a mysterious, charismatic stranger trudges into their snowy village with a frighteningly outlandish story to tell, its balance is shaken to the core.