Snegurochka
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1784631744
ISBN-13
9781784631741
Publisher
Salt Publishing
Imprint
Salt Publishing
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 15th, 2019
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
266 grams
Dimensions
19.30 x 9.90 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Snegurochka is a story about motherhood, from the perspective of young Englishwoman Rachel, living in Ukraine in 1992. Mykola the racketeer, Stepan the watcher and Elena the caretaker behave with depth and complexity as they respond to Rachel and a profound and emotive backstory is revealed that nevertheless keeps menace on a knife edge.
Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing AwardsLonglisted for the Not the Booker Prize 2019‘Something terrible is happening here. Something terrible has already happened.’Kiev 1992. Rachel, a troubled young English mother, joins her journalist husband on his first foreign posting in the city. Terrified of the apartment''s balcony, she develops obsessive rituals to keep their baby safe. Her difficulties expose her to a disturbing endgame between the elderly caretaker and a local racketeer who sends a gift that surely comes with a price. Rachel is isolated yet culpable with her secrets and estrangements. As consequences bear down she seeks out Zoya, her husband''s fixer, and the boy from upstairs who watches them all.Home is uncertain, betrayal is everywhere, but in the end there are many ways to be a mother.
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