# Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili (Paperback)

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****'A spellbinding achievement'** _FINANCIAL TIMES  
_**'Poignant and often painfully comic'** _OBSERVER_  
**'I gasped, laughed, and wept my way through it'** KHALED HOSSEINI  
  
Saba's father is missing, and the trail leads back to Tbilisi, Georgia.  
  
Arriving in a city he has not seen for more than two decades, where escaped zoo animals prowl the streets and the voices of those left behind beckon him along a path of cryptic clues, Saba embarks on a quest that will lead him into the heart of a lost homeland.  
  
This is a rare, searching tale of home, memory and sacrifice - of one family's mission to rescue one another, and put the past to rest.  
  
**'Hugely impressive'** _NEW EUROPEAN_  
**'Novels like this might help light the way'** _GUARDIAN_  
**'At once a puzzle hunt and an affecting meditation on exile'** _ECONOMIST_

## Details

- **Price:** 18.49 GBP
- **Vendor:** Bloomsbury Publishing
- **Tags:** All, thrillers

## Variants

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