Dream Cars by Ian Kuah
Scouring the world's most remote fields and valleys, a dedicated Soviet scientist has spent his life collecting rare plants for his country's premiere botanical institute in Leningrad. From Northern Africa to Afghanistan, from South America to Abyssinia, he has sought and saved seeds that could be traced back to the most ancient civilizations. And the adventure has set deep in him. Even at home with the wife he loves, the memories of his travels return him to the beautiful women and strange foods he has known in exotic regions. When German troops surround Leningrad in the fall of 1941, he becomes a captive in the siege. As food supplies dwindle, residents eat the bark of trees, barter all they own for flour, and trade sex for food. In the darkest winter hours of the siege, the institute's scientists make a pact to leave untouched the precious storehouse of seeds that they believe is the country's future. But such a promise becomes difficult to keep when hunger is grows undeniable. Based on true events from World War I, Hunger is a private story about a man wrestling with his own morality. This beautiful debut novel ask us what is the meaning of integrity
Blackwell, Elise: -
Elise Blackwell is the author of The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish and Hunger, chosen by the Los Angeles Times as one of the best books of 2003. Her stories have appeared in Witness, Seed, Global City Review, Topic, and elsewhere. Originally from southern Louisiana, she teaches at the University of South Carolina.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316907194 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316907197 |
| Title | Dream Cars |
| Author | Ian Kuah |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Back Bay Books |
| Year published | 2004-05-03 |
| Number of pages | 133 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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