{"product_id":"the-lady-of-the-mine-by-sergei-lebedev-9781035917709","title":"The Lady of the Mine","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary new novel by the author of \u003ci\u003eUntraceable\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA sealed shaft in a Donbas coal mine contains unimaginable horror: layer upon layer of human bodies, the victims of Red and White terror during the Revolution, of Stalin’s purges, of the Einsatzgruppen in the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAround this infamous pit, in a polluted region convulsed once again by war and cruelty when Russia invades Ukraine, the fates of four characters intertwine: a mysterious and powerful laundress whose dedication to cleaning the filth created by the mine attracts the suspicion of the secret police; her innocent daughter Zhanna, left alone by her mother’s death; a brutal Russian militia man, who targets Zhanna; and his boss, a former KGB man turned ruthless servant of Putin. The voice of The Engineer, a murdered Jew who designed and constructed the mine, is a witness to the bloody history of the region and the terrible secret at its heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lady of the Mine\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting, lyrical meditation on the legacy of dictatorship and atrocity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47664193437932,"sku":"9781035917709","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035917709-the-lady-of-the-mine.jpg?v=1779661872","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-lady-of-the-mine-by-sergei-lebedev-9781035917709","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}