Disappearing Earth. [online electronic book]
Disappearing Earth. [online electronic book]
By
:
Phillips, Julia.
Publication Date
:
2019
Subject Term
:
Missing children -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Electronic books.
Geographic Term
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Russia -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Suspense fiction.
Summary
:
One August afternoon, on the shoreline of the Kamchatka peninsula at the northeastern edge of Russia, two girls--sisters, eight and eleven--go missing. In the ensuing weeks, then months, the police investigation turns up nothing. Echoes of the disappearance reverberate across a tightly woven community, with the fear and loss felt most deeply among its women. Taking us through a year in Kamchatka, Disappearing Earth enters with astonishing emotional acuity the worlds of a cast of richly drawn characters, all connected by the crime: a witness, a neighbor, a detective, a mother. We are transported to vistas of rugged beauty--densely wooded forests, open expanses of tundra, soaring volcanoes, and the glassy seas that border Japan and Alaska--and into a region as complex as it is alluring, where social and ethnic tensions have long simmered, and where outsiders are often the first to be accused.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780525520429
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