The lady of the mine
Lebedev, Sergeĭ, 1981-2025
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A sealed shaft in a Donbas coal mine contains unimaginable horror: layer upon layer of human bodies, the victims of Red and White terror during the Revolution, of Stalin's purges, of the Einsatzgruppen in the Holocaust. Around this infamous pit, in a polluted region convulsed once again by war and cruelty when Russia invades Ukraine, the fates of four characters intertwine: a mysterious and powerful laundress whose dedication to cleaning the filth created by the mine attracts the suspicion of the secret police; her innocent daughter Zhanna, left alone by her mother's death; a brutal Russian militia man, who targets Zhanna; and his boss, a former KGB man turned ruthless servant of Putin. The voice of The Engineer, a murdered Jew who designed and constructed the mine, is a witness to the bloody history of the region and the terrible secret at its heart.
Main title:
The lady of the mine / Sergei Lebedev ; translated by Antonina W. Bouis.
Author:
Lebedev, Sergeĭ, 1981-, authorBouis, Antonina W., translator
Imprint:
London : Apollo, 2025.
Collation:
240 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Russian.
ISBN:
9781035917662 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
891.735
Language:
EnglishRussian
BRN:
6300987
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