Title: Hunger
Description: In the wake of the Siege of Leningrad in 1941, during which hundreds of thousands of people starved to death, a scientist charged with protecting a collection of rare seeds that could provide food is forced to make a terrible choice.
Subjects: Rare plants, Fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Scientists, History, Wit and humor
Places: Russia (Federation), Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Time periods: Siege, 1941-1944