Four teenagers grow inseparable in the last days of the Soviet Union-but not all of them will live to see the new world arrive in this powerful debut novel, loosely based on Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard."Aching and sexy, clear-eyed...

Four teenagers grow inseparable in the last days of the Soviet Union—but not all of them will live to see the new world arrive in this powerful debut novel, loosely based on Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard.“Spectacular . . . intensely...

"EIN ATEMBERAUBENDER DEBÜTROMAN." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Was bedeutet es, in den letzten Jahren der Sowjetunion erwachsen zu werden - in einem Staat kurz vor dem Zerfall? Dieser Roman verwebt auf beeindruckende Weise die turbulente Geschichte...