Hunger

Blackwell

When German troops surround Leningrad and cut off food supplies in the autumn of 1941, no one imagines that the siege will last almost three years and take hundreds of thousands of lives. As the first hungry winter sets in, the city s residents strip the bark off trees, boil and eat moss-covered stones, and trade priceless antiques for half a loaf of bread and sex for a chunk of sugar. But the scientists at the Institute of Plant Industry pledge to protect their collection of rare seeds, pai