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Away from the Dead

David Bergen

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#7939 of 8,085 books · #1047 in Historical Fiction

Longlisted for the Giller Prize (2023).

From early 20th-century Ukraine during the tumult of the Russian Revolution, an electrifying novel set amidst the chaos of war and revolution. Violence is the domain of both the rich and poor. Or so it seems as anarchists, Bolsheviks, and the White Army all come and go, each claiming freedom and justice. David Bergen embeds his readers into the lives of characters connected through love, family, and loyalty. Lehn, a bookseller south of Kiev, deserts the army and writes poetry to his love back home. Sablin, an adopted Mennonite-Ukrainian stableboy, runs with the anarchists only to discover that love and the planting of crops is preferable to killing. Inna, a beautiful young peasant, tries to stop a Mennonite landowner from stealing her child. In a world of violence, Sablin, Lehn, and Inna learn to love and hate and love again, hoping, against all odds, that one can turn away from the dead. In this beautifully crafted novel, chaos reigns, answers come from everywhere and nowhere, and both the beauty and horror of humanity are on full display.

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Publisher
Goose Lane Editions
ISBN-13
9781773103112
Topics
War and revolutionLove and familySurvival and violence

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