The Betrayal
Leningrad, 1952. Andrei, a young hospital doctor and Anna, a nursery school teacher, are forging a life together in the post-war, post-siege wreckage. But their happiness is precarious, like that of millions of Russians who must avoid the claws of Stalin's merciless Ministry for State security. So when Andrei is asked to treat the seriously ill child of a senior secret police officer, he and Anna are fearful. Trapped in an impossible, maybe unwinnable game, can they avoid the whispers and watchful eyes of those who will say or do anything to save themselves?
- Publisher
- Fig Tree
- ISBN-13
- 9780141946030
- Topics
- Political oppression under Stalinist regimeLove and survivalPost-war Soviet life
Awards
- The Booker PrizeLonglistedMajor(2010)
Other awarded books from Helen Dunmore
- A Spell of Winter (2001)1 win · 12 score
- The Siege (2002)0 wins · 4 score
- The Lie (2014)0 wins · 3 score
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