Book
A constellation of vital phenomena : [Book Club Set] / Anthony Marra.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307362636
- Physical Description: 400 pages
- Publisher: Toronto : Random House Canada, c2013.
Content descriptions
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Issued also in electronic format. |
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| Subject: | Chechni͡a (Russia) > History > Civil War, 1994- > Fiction. |
Available copies
- 9 of 9 copies available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | BCB Marra Bk. 1 | 31681003063385 | BCB | Available | - |
| Stroud Branch | BCB Marra Bk. 10 | 31681003063419 | BCB | Available | - |
| Stroud Branch | BCB Marra Bk. 2 | 31681003063393 | BCB | Available | - |
| Stroud Branch | BCB Marra Bk. 3 | 31681003063401 | BCB | Available | - |
| Stroud Branch | BCB Marra Bk. 4 | 31681003063427 | BCB | Available | - |
| Stroud Branch | BCB Marra Bk. 5 | 31681003063369 | BCB | Available | - |
| Stroud Branch | BCB Marra Bk. 6 | 31681003063377 | BCB | Available | - |
| Stroud Branch | BCB Marra Bk. 8 | 31681003063443 | BCB | Available | - |
| Stroud Branch | BCB Marra Bk. 9 | 31681003063211 | BCB | Available | - |
- Random House, Inc.
Stegner Fellow, Iowa MFA, and winner of the Atlantic's emerging writer contest, Anthony Marra has written a brilliant debut novel that brings to life an abandoned hospital where a tough-minded doctor decides to harbour a hunted young girl, with powerful consequences.
In the final days of December 2004, in a small rural village in Chechnya, 8-year-old Havaa hides in the woods when her father is abducted by Russian forces. Fearing for her life, she flees with their neighbour Akhmed to the bombed-out hospital, where Sonya, the one remaining doctor, treats a steady stream of wounded rebels and refugees. Over the course of 5 dramatic days, Akhmed and Sonya reach back into their pasts to unravel the intricate mystery of coincidence, betrayal and forgiveness that unexpectedly binds them and decides their fate.
With The English Patient's dramatic sweep and The Tiger's Wife's expert sense of place, Marra gives us a searing debut about the transcendent power of love in wartime, and how it can cause us to become greater than we ever thought possible.
