Constellation of Vital Phenomena

<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES </i>BESTSELLER - LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD - A searing debut about the transcendent power of love in wartime hailed as an absolute masterpiece (Sarah Jessica Parker <i>Entertainment Weekly</i>)--from the renowned author of <i>Mercury Pictures Presents</i></b> <p/><b>Extraordinary . . . a twenty-first century <i>War and Peace</i>.--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><b> </b><br><b>NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE JOHN LEONARD AWARD WINNER - ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: <i>The Washington Post Publishers Weekly Library Journal</i></b><br><b> </b><br>In the final days of December 2004 in a small rural village in Chechnya eight-year-old Havaa hides in the woods when her father is abducted by Russian forces. Fearing for her life she flees with their neighbor Akhmed--a failed physician--to the bombed-out hospital where Sonja the one remaining doctor treats a steady stream of wounded rebels and refugees and mourns her missing sister. Over the course of five dramatic days Akhmed and Sonja reach back into their pasts to unravel the intricate mystery of coincidence betrayal and forgiveness that unexpectedly binds them and decides their fate. <p/><b>A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: <i>The New York Times Book Review Chicago Tribune </i>NPR <i>Kansas City Star San Francisco Chronicle The Christian Science Monitor Cleveland Plain Dealer Kirkus Reviews</i></b>