The Season of Poisoned Fruits
Novel by Vera Bogdanova
Novel by Vera Bogdanova
ORIGINAL TITLE: Сезон отравленных плодов
ORIGINAL PUBLISHER: AST/Elena Shubina, 2022
347 PAGES
RIGHTS SOLD: French (Actes Sud), Spanish (under offer)
ORIGINAL PUBLISHER: AST/Elena Shubina, 2022
347 PAGES
RIGHTS SOLD: French (Actes Sud), Spanish (under offer)
ENGLISH SAMPLE AVAILABLE
“His voice is as rough as oak bark – it, too, isn’t at all what Zhenya remembers and she suddenly feels uncomfortable about her overalls that are dirt-stained on the knees and about her top, which is faded and too tight, featuring Leo, Kate, and the bow of the sinking Titanic. And about her body, too, which is as dense as a stick of bologna. Her hair’s pulled back in a ponytail, which she knows doesn’t look good on her, because her “monkey ears,” as her father says, are peering out. Zhenya reaches for her hair tie but then has second thoughts and lowers her hand.”