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Helen Dunmore

UK · Eastern Front — literary fiction

About

British poet and novelist, winner of the inaugural Orange Prize. The Siege follows one Leningrad family through the first winter of the blockade.

Books in Database (1)

The Siege cover
The Siege 2001 · 294 pages

One Leningrad family endures the first siege winter — bread ration by bread ration.

Historical Fiction

Events Covered

1941 Siege of Leningrad