Ice Road (novel)

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Ice Road
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First edition
Author Gillian Slovo
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish
Genrehistorical fiction
Publisher Little, Brown
Publication date
2004
Media typePrint, (audio-CD)
Pages560 pp
ISBN 978-1844080595

Ice Road is a novel written by South African-born Gillian Slovo. It was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. [1] Set in Leningrad in the 1930s, the story about power in Stalinist Russia is narrated by Irina Davydovna, a cleaning lady.

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References

  1. "Ice Road". Women's Prize for Fiction. Retrieved 1 July 2023.