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Despite the Falling Snow (Hardcover)

by Shamim Sarif (Author)

4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Hardcover: 341 pages
Publisher: Headline Book Publishing (4 May 2004)
ISBN-10: 0755308670
ISBN-13: 978-0755308675
Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14 x 3.2 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 92,532 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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After an early career amongst the political elite of Cold War Russia, Alexander has lived in the States for forty years. Here he has built a successful business; and here he has managed to bury the tragic memories surrounding his late wife, Katya - or so he believes.

About the Author
Shamim Sarif lives in London with her partner Hanan and their two children. She was born in the UK, and is of South African and Indian descent. This heritage formed the starting point for her first novel, The World Unseen, which won a Betty Trask Award and the Pendleton May First Novel Award.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Even I cried when I read it., 27 April 2004

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I'm not very good with novels but once I hit
the chapter 'Moscow' Iread it right to the end
without stopping except to get boxes of tissues.
Shamim's second novel Despite the Falling Snow is already in the shops; itis SO exciting. Even I cried when I read it.
The enthralling narrative of Shamim Sarif's
Powerful second novel begins in present day Boston and travels back to thesnowbound streets of post-Stalinist Moscow to uncover a hidden world ofpassion and betrayal, secrets and treachery.
Extract from current Waterstones Books Quarterly:
"a perfectly balanced novel of love and tragedy...Despite the Falling
Snow is a delicate piece of writing...Sarif draws with great clarity aworld completely alien to most Westerners...The beauty of the streets of Moscow, the bejewelled architecture of the metro stations, is all amajestic backdrop to a play of mistrust and deception where friends, eventhe best of friends, can turn against each other in fear."

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5.0 out of 5 stars A stunning book of passion and betrayal..., 29 April 2004

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I just loved this book! Real, three-dimensional passionate characters youcan really believe in, and a stunning plot with a slow-burn but has youcrying by the end. I loved the author's first novel, The World Unseen, too- a super talented writer, who uses interesting political backdrops totell intimate and moving stories.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A beautifully told tale of the fight for life and love, 13 Jan 2006

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The plot shifts from present day America, back to the Soviet Union of the fifties. I found the American storyline to be rather a facade in cardboard, but the Russian plotline is quite thrilling. What a shame that the whole book did not take place there. The Russian characters were fully rounded and desperately plausible. The need to attempt to live in a society based on fear and brutality and the consequent moral and ethical dilemmas faced was brilliantly illuminated. The daily, claustrophobic burden of surveillance was real. Although I have never been to Russia I had a marvelous sense of place from the book. I too have trodden the snowy Moscow streets and survived, for that alone I thank Shamin Sarif.

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