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At an icy February dawn, in falling snow, a group of silent women in black walk to the pit where the bodies of their husbands and fathers lie under cinders; the snow will not settle on that black circle. Inspired by the so-called People's Court of 1944–1945, the novel follows three women and a child struck down by the totalitarian regime that took hold under Soviet occupation after the coup of 9 September 1944. Their men, the writer, journalist and publisher Nikola Todorov, the businessman Boris Piperkov and the priest Father Mina, are killed in the first nights, and the lives of the widows and children unfold under the weight of that cruelty and injustice. The book asks what defeat and victory really mean, and who is stronger in the eyes of God.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

250 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Politics, Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Bulgaria, 1940s

First published

2019 by Ciela

Author's age

59 when first published

ISBN

9789542829577 (original)