{"product_id":"just-send-me-word","title":"Just Send Me Word","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Orlando Figes, international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA People''s Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Just Send Me Word\u003c\/i\u003e is the moving true story of two young Russians whose love survived Stalin''s Gulag. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLev and Svetlana, kept apart for fourteen years by the Second World War and the Gulag, stayed true to each other and exchanged thousands of secret letters as Lev battled to survive in Stalin''s camps. Using this remarkable cache of smuggled correspondence, Orlando Figes tells the tale of two incredible people who, swept along in the very worst of times, kept their devotion alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrlando Figes was granted exclusive access to  the thousands of letters between Lev and Sveta that form the foundation of \u003ci\u003eJust Send Me Word\u003c\/i\u003e, and he was able to interview the couple in person, then in their nineties. These real-time and largely uncensored letters form the largest cache of Gulag letters ever found.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One is overcome with admiration for the kindness, bravery and generosity of people in terrible peril ... It is impossible to read without shedding tears'' \u003cb\u003eSimon Sebag Montefiore, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''This powerful narrative by a distinguished historian will take its place not just in history but in literature'' \u003cb\u003eRobert Massie\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Electrifying, passionate, devoted, despairing, exhilarating ... a tale of hope, resilience, grit and love'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Moving ... a remarkable discovery'' \u003cb\u003eMax Hastings, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e''The gulag story lacks individuals for us to sympathise with: a Primo Levi, an Anne Frank or even an Oskar Schindler. \u003ci\u003eJust Send Me Word\u003c\/i\u003e may well be the book to change that'' \u003cb\u003eOliver Bullough, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e''Immensely touching ... [a] heartening gem of a book'' \u003cb\u003eAnna Reid,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The remarkable true story of a love affair between two Soviet citizens ... as much a literary challenge as a historical one: the book can be read as a non-fiction novel'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Remarkable ... Figes, selecting and then interpreting this mass of letters, makes them tell two kinds of story. The first is a uniquely detailed narrative of the gulag, of the callous, slatternly universe which consumed millions of lives ... The second is about two people determined not to lose each other'' \u003cb\u003eNeal Ascherson, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e''A quiet, moving and memorable account of life in a totalitarian state ... The book often reads like a novel ... captivating'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e''Orlando Figes has wrought something beautiful from dark times''\u003cb\u003e Ian Thomson, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A heart-rending record of extraordinary human endurance''\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e''[A] remarkable tale of love and devotion during the worst years of the USSR ... [Figes''s] fine narrative pacing enhances this moving, memorable story'' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrlando Figes is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePeasant Russia, Civil War, A People''s Tragedy, Natasha''s Dance, The Whisperers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCrimea\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Cambridge and London. His books have been translated into over twenty languages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57448641692030,"sku":"NW9780241955901","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241955901.jpg?v=1779373129","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/just-send-me-word","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}