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Russia’s 1914 military disaster is set beside the lives of those it unsettles.

Historical fiction

An SS officer moves through occupied Soviet territories, Stalingrad, the institutions of extermination and the collapse of Nazi Germany.

Historical fiction

A young boy wanders through an unnamed Eastern European countryside during the Second World War, encountering prejudice, superstition and cruelty.

Historical fiction

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