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 | The book is extremely moving as a novel - the characters, their fate, the evocation of time and place that feels absolutely real.
And it also contributes to an understanding of a phenomenon still all too relevant for our times - fanaticism. The context is Russian, romantic young idealists, whose absolute beliefs made them capable of blindness until forced to see, but by then it was too late. In the midst of all the brutality of the Stalin years, much of what humans are capable of is ... read more.
Written by Simon Sebag Montefiore. Published 30 June 2008. rrp £12.99. Published by Bantam Press.Hardcover. | |
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