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Natasha Pulley - Half Life of Valery K, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Half Life of Valery K

THE TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH

Av Natasha Pulley

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Beskrivning
**Shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize**A SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022The Times Historical Fiction Book of the MonthThe truth must come out.In 1963, in a Siberian gulag, former nuclear specialist Valery Kolkhanov has mastered what it takes to survive: the right connections to the guards for access to food and cigarettes, the right pair of warm boots to avoid frostbite, and the right attitude toward the small pleasures of life. But on one ordinary day, all that changes: Valery’s university mentor steps in and sweeps Valery from the frozen prison camp to a mysterious unnamed town hidden within a forest so damaged it looks like the trees have rusted from within. Here, Valery is Dr. Kolkhanov once more, and he’s expected to serve out his prison term studying the effect of radiation on local animals. But as Valery begins his work, he is struck by the questions his research raises: what, exactly, is being hidden from the thousands who live in the town? And if he keeps looking for answers, will he live to serve out his sentence?Based on real events in a surreal Soviet city, and told with bestselling author Natasha Pulley’s inimitable style, The Half Life of Valery K is a sweeping historical adventure.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2023-03-16
  • Mått: 130 x 198 x 23 mm
  • Vikt: 265 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 384
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • ISBN: 9781408885154
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Natasha Pulley’s first novel The Watchmaker of Filigree Street was a Sunday Times bestseller, won a Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award. Her second novel, The Bedlam Stacks was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature’s Encore Award and longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize, while subsequent novels The Lost Future of Pepperharrow and The Kingdoms were published to widespread critical acclaim, cementing Natasha’s reputation as one of the most original and exciting new young writers at work. She lives in Bristol.@natasha_pulley

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This clever, gripping novel is based on the true story of a nuclear research facility at Chelyabinsk, where an accident in 1957 caused acute radiation sickness in the area. Natasha Pulley’s wry, intelligent style works well to depict the Soviet world of lies and secrets, and Valery’s naive goodness is a mirror to the murky world he inhabits

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2 recensioner, genomsnitt 3.5/5

  1. 5/5 Nikki

    En gripande och spännande berättelse med fängslande karaktärer och fantastisk prosa som verkligen berör. Jag älskar den här boken!

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  2. 2/5 Lotta

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