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The members of a single family--Boris Aleksandrovich, a well-meaning bureaucrat; his daughter Natasha; and Irina--are all tested by the horrors and hardships of war during the siege of Leningrad during World War II, in a profound story of love, courage, survival, despair, and the triumph of the human spirit. Reader's Guide available. Original. 15,000 first printing.