In 1919 Siberia, a remote town under military rule awaits Bolshevik assault as an escaped prisoner arrives claiming a cannibal pursues him.
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In 1919 Siberia, a remote town under military rule awaits Bolshevik assault as an escaped prisoner arrives claiming a cannibal pursues him.
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Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2005. 1919, Siberia. Deep in the unforgiving landscape a town lies under military rule, awaiting the remorseless assault of the Bolsheviks along the Trans-Siberian railway. Then Samarin arrives. Appearing from the woods with a tale of escape from an Arctic prison, he says he is being chased by a cannibal. Anna, a beautiful young widow, feels something for the new arrival. Then the local shaman is found dead and suspicion an terror engulf the little town . . .
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Sexual content
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Explicit sexual content; desire and corrupted love among central characters
Violence & gore
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Cannibalism, graphic killings, prison brutality, and bloody wartime violence
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Skoptsy Christian castrate sect; shamanism; religious fanaticism drives plot
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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Siberian shaman figure and brief indigenous spiritual practices
Political content
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Russian Revolution, Bolshevik ideology, and radical political extremism central
Self-harm / suicide
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Religious self-castration practiced and depicted by Skoptsy sect members
Abuse & suffering
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Cannibalism, penal camps, castration, wartime cruelty, and systemic suffering
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