{"product_id":"9781035917709-lady-of-the-mine","title":"The Lady of the Mine","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA haunting, lyrical meditation on the legacy of dictatorship and atrocity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary new novel by the author of \u003ci\u003eUntraceable\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA sealed shaft in a Donbas coal mine contains unimaginable horror: layer upon layer of human bodies, the victims of Red and White terror during the Revolution, of Stalin’s purges, of the Einsatzgruppen in the Holocaust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAround this infamous pit, in a polluted region convulsed once again by war and cruelty when Russia invades Ukraine, the fates of four characters intertwine: a mysterious and powerful laundress whose dedication to cleaning the filth created by the mine attracts the suspicion of the secret police; her innocent daughter Zhanna, left alone by her mother’s death; a brutal Russian militia man, who targets Zhanna; and his boss, a former KGB man turned ruthless servant of Putin. The voice of The Engineer, a murdered Jew who designed and constructed the mine, is a witness to the bloody history of the region and the terrible secret at its heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA haunting, lyrical meditation on the legacy of dictatorship and atrocity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57599069159798,"sku":"9781035917709","price":9.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40638642_a8835af9-5dd4-4298-ade5-48be1e7b086d.jpg?v=1775703153","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781035917709-lady-of-the-mine","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}