‘At last: a novel that unites the externalized horrors of war with the internalized battles of the domestic; that fuses the world of Tolstoy with that of Virginia Woolf. The Siege is an important as well as a thrilling work of art.’
(The Independent on Sunday)
‘Utterly convincing. A deeply moving account of two love stories in terrible circumstances. the story of their struggle to survive appears simple, as all great literature should ... A world-class novel.’
(Antony Beevor, The Times)
‘Literary writing of the highest order set against a background of suffering so in intimately reconstructed it is hard to believe that Dunmore was not there.’
(Richard Overy, Sunday Telegraph)
The Siege and Bristol’s Great Reading Adventure 2004. The Siege was chosen for Bristol's Great Reading Adventure in January - March 2004. To find out more about this project, visit the website www.bristolreads.com
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