From Orlando Figes, international bestselling author of A People's
Tragedy, Just Send Me Word is the moving true story of two young
Russians whose love survived Stalin's Gulag. Lev and Svetlana, kept
apart for fourteen years by the Second World War and the Gulag,
stayed true to each other and exchanged thousands of secret letters
as Lev battled to survive in Stalin's camps. Using this remarkable
cache of smuggled correspondence, Orlando Figes tells the tale of
two incredible people who, swept along in the very worst of times,
kept their devotion alive. Orlando Figes was granted exclusive
access to the thousands of letters between Lev and Sveta that form
the foundation of Just Send Me Word, and he was able to interview
the couple in person, then in their nineties. These real-time and
largely uncensored letters form the largest cache of Gulag letters
ever found. Reviews: 'One is overcome with admiration for the
kindness, bravery and generosity of people in terrible peril ... It
is impossible to read without shedding tears' Simon Sebag
Montefiore, Financial Times 'This powerful narrative by a
distinguished historian will take its place not just in history but
in literature' Robert Massie 'Electrifying, passionate, devoted,
despairing, exhilarating ... a tale of hope, resilience, grit and
love' The Times 'Moving ... a remarkable discovery' Max Hastings,
Sunday Times 'The gulag story lacks individuals for us to
sympathise with: a Primo Levi, an Anne Frank or even an Oskar
Schindler. Just Send Me Word may well be the book to change that'
Oliver Bullough, Independent 'Immensely touching ... [a] heartening
gem of a book' Anna Reid, Literary Review 'The remarkable true
story of a love affair between two Soviet citizens ... as much a
literary challenge as a historical one: the book can be read as a
non-fiction novel' Telegraph 'Remarkable ... Figes, selecting and
then interpreting this mass of letters, makes them tell two kinds
of story. The first is a uniquely detailed narrative of the gulag,
of the callous, slatternly universe which consumed millions of
lives ... The second is about two people determined not to lose
each other' Neal Ascherson, Guardian 'A quiet, moving and memorable
account of life in a totalitarian state ... The book often reads
like a novel ... captivating' Evening Standard 'Orlando Figes has
wrought something beautiful from dark times' Ian Thomson, Observer
'A heart-rending record of extraordinary human endurance' Kirkus
Reviews '[A] remarkable tale of love and devotion during the worst
years of the USSR ... [Figes's] fine narrative pacing enhances this
moving, memorable story' Publishers Weekly About the author:
Orlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College,
University of London. He is the author of Peasant Russia, Civil
War, A People's Tragedy, Natasha's Dance, The Whisperers and
Crimea. He lives in Cambridge and London. His books have been
translated into over twenty languages.
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