The people's act of love
By: James Meek
Publisher: Canongate
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9781841957067; 9781841957654
Subjects: Fiction; History
Description: Siberia, 1919. In the outer reaches of a country recently torn apart by civil war live a small Christian sect and, stationed nearby, a regiment of Czech soldiers. Into this isolated community trudges Samarin, an escapee from Russia's northernmost prison.
Notes: Originally published: 2005.