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Reviewed on March 1, 2003
The 900-day siege of Leningrad, which caused the death through starvation, disease, and bombardment of nearly half the city's population of two million, is one of the worst atrocities of World War II. In her first novel, Blackwell describes the siege through a detached narrator who, with his wife, works at Leningrad's renowned Research Institute of Plant Industry. After Stalin's henchmen imprison the director,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
