The Last of the Vostyachs

by Diego Marani and Judith Landry

The Last of the Vostyachs won two literary prizes in Italy: The Premio Campiello and The Premio Stresa.

As a child, Ivan and his father work as forced labourers in a mine in Siberia, the father having committed some minor offence against the regime. Ivan's father is then murdered in front of his young son, after which Ivan -- who is a Vostyach, an imaginary ethnic group of whose language he is the last remaining speaker -- is struck dumb by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1907650563
• ISBN13: 9781907650567
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Dedalus
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.9" x 7.7"