02084cam a2200445 i 4500 353306022 TxAuBib 20180730120000.0 140225t20142013||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013404393 9780770436421 paperback $15.00 0770436420 paperback $15.00 TxAuBib rda Marra, Anthony. A constellation of vital phenomena : a novel / Anthony Marra. First paperback edition. New York : Hogarth, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, [2014] ©2013. 396 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier This debut novel by Pushcart Prize-winning author Anthony Marra is set in rural Chechnya during the region's war with Russia. Though events shift in time, the main focus is a five-day period in 2004, when an eight-year-old girl witnesses her father's abduction by Russian soldiers. Swearing to protect the girl, local doctor Akhmed (whose true passion is portraiture), brings her to a crumbling hospital, run by a hardened but dedicated surgeon, for safety. - description by Shauna Griffin. 20180730. National Books Critics Circle Award John Leonard Prize, 2013. ALA Notable Books - Fiction, 2014. Booklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books, 2013. Indies' Choice Book Awards: Adult Debut Fiction. New York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry, 2013. Library Journal Top Ten. Civil War (Chechnia : 1994.) Women physicians Fiction. Hospitals Russia Fiction. Refugees Fiction. Chechni︠a︡ (Russia) History Civil War, 1994- Fiction. Medical fiction. War fiction. Elisas, Maria, book designer. Brand, Christopher.