The War Within: Diaries from the Siege of Leningrad

by Alexis Peri

Book Overview

Winner of the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize
Winner of the University of Southern California Book Prize
Honorable Mention, Reginald Zelnik Book Prize

"Fascinating and perceptive."
--Antony Beevor, New York Review of Books

"Stand aside, Homer. I doubt whether even the author of the Iliad could have matched Alexis Peri's account of the 872-day siege which Leningrad endured."
--Jonathan Mirsky, The Spectator...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674248333
• ISBN13: 9780674248335
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.2"