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Amber

Paperback • 2004 • English • 1. edition

Amber

By Stephan Collishaw

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About the book

Antanas is a young Lithuanian conscripted to fight in the Soviet War in Afghanistan where he falls in love with a young Afghani nurse. She opens his eyes to the politics of the war, while making bearable the brutal reality of their situation, until her sudden death sends him spiralling into a breakdown and to a psychiatric hospital back home in Vilnius. Vassily, a war comrade, rescues him and teaches him his trade, crafting amber jewellery, helping Antanas to let go of the past. But Vassily has ...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9780340826942

Publisher

Sceptre

Published year

2004

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Amber

Format

Paperback

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