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Recommended historical fiction books (1)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into historical fiction here are some historical fiction books from Russia for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

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Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
Description:
WINNER OF THE BIG BOOK AWARD, THE LEO TOLSTOY YASNAYA POLYANA AWARD AND THE BEST PROSE WORK OF THE YEAR AWARD A sweeping, multi-award winning novel set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, as gangs of marauding soldiers terrorise and plunder the countryside. Zuleikha, the 'pitiful hen', is living in the home of her brutal husband and despotic mother-in-law in a small Tatar village. When her husband is executed by communist soldiers for hiding grain, she is arrested and sent into exile in Siberia. In the first gruelling winter, hundreds die of hunger, cold and exhaustion. Yet forced to s... continue