Bøker av Maria Reva

'A supremely talented writer ... Open this book, fasten your seatbelt, and brace for impact' Ben Fountain, author of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime WalkThe debut novel by 'one of the leading post-Soviet writers of her generation' (The Atlantic) which chronicles the journey of three Ukrainian women and one extremely endangered snail through the travails of capitalism, foreign invasion, romance and survival. Ukraine, 2022. Nastia and her sister, Solimaya, are entangled in the booming bridal industry, entertaining Western men who've come to Ukraine on 'Romance Tours' to find their dream woman. Yeva is a a maverick scientist who's tried, and failed, to breed specimens from the region's dwindling snail population in her mobile lab. Nastia's obsession with finding her absent mother leads her to embark on the journey of a lifetime across hundreds of miles: three angry women, a truckful of kidnapped Western bachelors, and Lefty, a rare snail with one last shot at perpetuating his species. This journey, and these dreams, come to a screeching halt as Russia invades. Praise for GOOD CITIZENS NEED NOT FEAR:'Bright, funny, satirical and relevant. . . . A new talent to watch!' MARGARET ATWOOD (via Twitter)'Maria Reva's enthralling debut of interlinked short stories achieves the double effect of timelessness and timeliness' KAPKA KASSABOVA, GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY'A comic triumph' GLOBE AND MAIL'Bang-on brilliant' MIRIAM TOEWS'Luminous' YANN MARTEL'Outstanding' ANTHONY DOERR

A brilliant and bitingly funny collection of stories united around a single, crumbling apartment building in Ukraine that heralds the arrival of a major new talent and is already gathering fantastic reviews from writers such as Margaret Atwood, Anthony Doerr, Yann Martel and Miriam ToewsBowlaway