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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Hachette Book Group
ISBN-10
1549140167
ISBN-13
9781549140167
eBay Product ID (ePID)
239907455
Product Key Features
Book Title
Winter Station
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Literary, Medical, Historical
Language
English
Genre
Fiction
Format
Compact Disc
Dimensions
Item Length
5.7 In.
Item Width
5.2 In.
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Trade
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What Shields evokes in her greatest passages...is a fear that pours from the temples: the recognition that we can be set against a swift and terrible force majeure."-- Paste Magazine, Theoutbreak of plague in Manchuria during the winter of 1910-1911 tests a Russiandoctor's physical, emotional, and moral stamina in Shields'saccomplished third novel...This fictional portrait of a man caught in areal-life medical crisis proves affecting and timely in its exploration ofconflicts between cultures and classes, ambition and mortality, science andpolitics., Shields writesmovingly of the human cost of this forgotten epidemic. She reminds us that, toan imperceptible enemy, the lines dividing nations are only a mark on amap., A gifted narrator can often salvage a mediocre text, but given a finely written novel, as Simon Vance has here, the result is a showcase of the unique pleasures and sublime artistry of audiobook listening...The voices and accents are diverse, and Vance is a master at rendering character and at maintaining narrative pace and momentum...Shields' prose is incandescent, and her narrator is one of the most gifted and accomplished working today. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award., Shields presents hernovel with the detail and fluidity of the early Russian novelists... THE WINTERSTATION offers much for readers of historical fiction., The Winter Station is a novel set in Russia that to its great credit reads like a Russian novel. Set early in the 20th Century, it is a story of courage, love, resilience, loyalty during a season of absolute terror. Jody Shields is a fearless writer, with the integrity of a worthy creator, and this novel won't be easily forgotten.|9781549140167|, [Readers will be] captivated by the atmosphere and the various, essay-like ruminations, which evoke Peter Høeg's Smilla's Sense of Snow (1993)., Like a delicate calligraphy, Jody Shields paints a starkly moving picture of our elusive humanity, as ephemeral and beautiful as snowflakes falling from a frozen sky. The images are unforgettable, and the book highly recommended., Shields hastransformed the scantly recorded memories of the Manchurian plague into a richnarrative, factual in its details and vitalized by the moral complexities ofprejudice, politics, honor and responsibility., The true gift of this remarkable novel is its lyrical portrayal of the Baron and his few allies...Shields ( The Fig Eater ) joins the high echelon of Boris Akunin and Sam Eastland in re-creating a time when science and reason vie with superstition and prejudice to protect the helpless subjects of the tsar., Vibrant with intrigue, longing, and history...This book bears a distinct pulse; its beats are tender, evocative, and full of mystery., Like a delicatecalligraphy, Jody Shields paints a starkly moving picture of our elusivehumanity, as ephemeral and beautiful as snowflakes falling from a frozen sky.The images are unforgettable, and the book highly recommended., While the drama lies in the plague and its grisly effects, the true gift of this remarkable novel is its lyrical portrayal of the Baron and his few allies...[and] in re-creating a time when science and reason vie with superstition and prejudice., If you lovehistorical fiction, you don't want to miss The Winter Station.... the perfectmoody book to read on a chilly winter day., In The Winter Station , Shields imagines a new season, one vibrant with intrigue, longing, and history... This book bears a distinct pulse; its beats are tender, evocative, and full of mystery., Based on realevents, this is the kind of fiction that fascinates with its power to evoketime and place, morality and mortality, tenderness and love., The slow growth ofthe horror and helplessness of those who can really see the crises growing isbeautifully drawn
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Volumes
7 vols.
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Edition Description
Unabridged edition
Synopsis
An aristocratic Russian doctor races to contain a deadly plague in an outpost city in Manchuria - before it spreads to the rest of the world. 1910: people are mysteriously dying at an alarming rate in the Russian-ruled city of Kharbin, a major railway outpost in Northern China. Strangely, some of the dead bodies vanish before they can be identified. During a dangerously cold winter in a city gripped by fear, the Baron, a wealthy Russian aristocrat and the city's medical commissioner, is determined to stop this mysterious plague. Battling local customs, an occupying army, and a brutal epidemic with no name, the Baron is torn between duty and compassion, between Western medical science and respect for Chinese tradition. His allies include a French doctor, a black marketeer, and a charismatic Chinese dwarf. His greatest refuge is the intimacy he shares with his young Chinese wife - but she has secrets of her own. Based on a true story that has been lost to history, set during the last days of imperial Russia, The Winter Station is a richly textured and brilliant novel about mortality, fear and love., An aristocratic Russian doctor races to contain a deadly plague in an outpost city in Manchuria-before it spreads to the rest of the world.1910: people are mysteriously dying at an alarming rate in the Russian-ruled city of Kharbin, a major railway outpost in Northern China. Strangely, some of the dead bodies vanish before they can be identified.During a dangerously cold winter in a city gripped by fear, the Baron, a wealthy Russian aristocrat and the city's medical commissioner, is determined to stop this mysterious plague. Battling local customs, an occupying army, and a brutal epidemic with no name, the Baron is torn between duty and compassion, between Western medical science and respect for Chinese tradition. His allies include a French doctor, a black marketeer, and a charismatic Chinese dwarf. His greatest refuge is the intimacy he shares with his young Chinese wife-but she has secrets of her own.Based on a true story that has been lost to history, set during the last days of imperial Russia, The Winter Station is a richly textured and brilliant novel about mortality, fear, and love.
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