num_pages: 391
description: 1919, Siberia, Deep in the unforgiven landscape a town lies under military rule, awaiting the remorseless assault of Bolsheviks along the Trans-Siberian railway. Then Samarin arrives, Appearing from the woods with a tale of scape from an Arctic prison, he says he is being chased by a cannibal. Anna, a beautiful young widow, feels something for the new arrival. Then the local shaman is found dead and suspicion and terror engulf the little town...
language: English
title: The People's Act of Love
titlecomplete: The People's Act of Love
genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Historical, War, Russia, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, 21st Century, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 3099
places: Yazyk, Soviet Union, Russia
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: The Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Metų verstinė knyga
publisher: Canongate Books