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For conditions, please view our photographs. hardcover. First Edition. London. 1984. Quartet Books. 1st British Edition. Translated from the Russian by Jennifer Bradshaw. 185 pages. hardcover. keywords: Europe Russia Literature Translated World Literature. DESCRIPTION – THE YEAR OF MIRACLE AND GRIEF is a tale about Lake Baikal and its legendary heritage. The narrator relives his arrival by train as a boy of 12 at the village where his parents are engaged to teach. At once taken by the haunting beauty of the water and rocks, the boy yields his heart and mind to their magic pull. But his surrender to the lake reveals something sinister behind the natural beauty. inventory.