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The War Within - Diaries from the Siege of Leningrad (Paperback)
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Winner of the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize Winner of the
University of Southern California Book Prize Honorable Mention,
Reginald Zelnik Book Prize “Fascinating and perceptive.”
—Antony Beevor, New York Review of Books “Stand aside, Homer. I
doubt whether even the author of the Iliad could have matched
Alexis Peri’s account of the 872-day siege which Leningrad
endured.” —Jonathan Mirsky, The Spectator “Powerful and
illuminating…A fascinating, insightful, and nuanced work.”
—Anna Reid, Times Literary Supplement “Much has been written
about Leningrad’s heroic resistance. But the remarkable aspect of
[Peri’s] book is that she tells a very different story:
recounting the internal struggles of ordinary people desperately
trying to survive and make sense of their fate.” —John
Thornhill, Financial Times “A sensitive, at times almost poetic
examination of their emotions and disordered mental states. It both
contrasts with and complements the equally accurate official Soviet
portrait of a stalwart population standing firm in the face of evil
and in defense of Soviet ideals.” —Robert Legvold, Foreign
Affairs In September 1941, two and a half months after the Nazis
invaded the Soviet Union, the German Wehrmacht encircled Leningrad.
Cut off from the rest of Russia, the city remained blockaded for
872 days, at a cost of almost a million lives. It was one of the
longest and deadliest sieges in modern history. The War Within
chronicles the Leningrad blockade from the perspective of those who
endured it. Drawing on unpublished diaries, Alexis Peri tells the
tragic story of how young and old struggled to make sense of a
world collapsing around them. When the blockade was lifted in 1944,
Kremlin officials censored publications describing the ordeal and
arrested many of Leningrad’s wartime leaders. Some were executed.
Diaries—now dangerous to their authors—were concealed, shelved
in archives, and forgotten. The War Within recovers these lost
accounts, shedding light on one of World War II’s darkest
episodes while paying tribute the resilience of the human spirit.
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Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2020 |
Authors: |
Alexis Peri
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Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
384 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-24833-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-674-24833-3 |
Barcode: |
9780674248335 |
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