Endling
by Maria Reva
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* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 *
* WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 *
* SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE *
* WINNER OF THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE *
* WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE *
* A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, IRISH TIMES, BBC, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY *
An unforgettable debut novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary Ukraine
'A fierce and funny road-trip novel' GUARDIAN, the 50 hottest books to read right now
'Inventive and playful' SUNDAY TIMES
'A stunning debut' OBSERVER
'I was gripped . . . Brilliant' DAILY MAIL
'A thrilling ride' FINANCIAL TIMES
'A bold, brilliant, original, funny and devastating novel' KATE MCLOUGHLIN, TLS
'Brilliant and heart-stopping' LOS ANGELES TIMES
'Startling and ambitious' NEW YORK TIMES
'Animated by dark humor and cool fury' NEW YORKER
'Dexterous and formally inventive' MARCEL THEROUX, GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY
Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a maverick scientist who scours the country's forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails while her relatives urge her to settle down and start a family of her own. What they don't know: Yeva already dates plenty of men-not for love, but to fund her work-entertaining Westerners who come to Ukraine on guided romance tours believing they'll find docile brides untainted by feminism.
Nastia and her sister, Solomiya, are also entangled in the booming marriage industry, posing as a hopeful bride and her translator while secretly searching for their missing mother, who vanished after years of fierce activism against the romance tours.
So begins a journey of a lifetime across a country on the brink of war: three angry women, a truckful of kidnapped bachelors, and Lefty, a last-of-his-kind snail with one final shot at perpetuating his species.
* LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE *
* FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS *
'Fantastic . . . I love works that are smarter than I am and this is one' PERCIVAL EVERETT, author of Booker-shortlisted JAMES
'Funny and smart, full of science, longing and adventure . . . This is essential reading' ANN PATCHETT, bestselling author of TOM LAKE
'Heartbreaking, hilarious, profound, and vital' LARA PRESCOTT, bestselling author of THE SECRETS WE KEEP
* WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 *
* SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE *
* WINNER OF THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE *
* WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE *
* A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, IRISH TIMES, BBC, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY *
An unforgettable debut novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary Ukraine
'A fierce and funny road-trip novel' GUARDIAN, the 50 hottest books to read right now
'Inventive and playful' SUNDAY TIMES
'A stunning debut' OBSERVER
'I was gripped . . . Brilliant' DAILY MAIL
'A thrilling ride' FINANCIAL TIMES
'A bold, brilliant, original, funny and devastating novel' KATE MCLOUGHLIN, TLS
'Brilliant and heart-stopping' LOS ANGELES TIMES
'Startling and ambitious' NEW YORK TIMES
'Animated by dark humor and cool fury' NEW YORKER
'Dexterous and formally inventive' MARCEL THEROUX, GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY
Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a maverick scientist who scours the country's forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails while her relatives urge her to settle down and start a family of her own. What they don't know: Yeva already dates plenty of men-not for love, but to fund her work-entertaining Westerners who come to Ukraine on guided romance tours believing they'll find docile brides untainted by feminism.
Nastia and her sister, Solomiya, are also entangled in the booming marriage industry, posing as a hopeful bride and her translator while secretly searching for their missing mother, who vanished after years of fierce activism against the romance tours.
So begins a journey of a lifetime across a country on the brink of war: three angry women, a truckful of kidnapped bachelors, and Lefty, a last-of-his-kind snail with one final shot at perpetuating his species.
* LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE *
* FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS *
'Fantastic . . . I love works that are smarter than I am and this is one' PERCIVAL EVERETT, author of Booker-shortlisted JAMES
'Funny and smart, full of science, longing and adventure . . . This is essential reading' ANN PATCHETT, bestselling author of TOM LAKE
'Heartbreaking, hilarious, profound, and vital' LARA PRESCOTT, bestselling author of THE SECRETS WE KEEP
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Hardback
Pages
224
Price
25.00 €
Description
* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 *
* WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 *
* SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE *
* WINNER OF THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE *
* WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE *
* A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, IRISH TIMES, BBC, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY *
An unforgettable debut novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary Ukraine
'A fierce and funny road-trip novel' GUARDIAN, the 50 hottest books to read right now
'Inventive and playful' SUNDAY TIMES
'A stunning debut' OBSERVER
'I was gripped . . . Brilliant' DAILY MAIL
'A thrilling ride' FINANCIAL TIMES
'A bold, brilliant, original, funny and devastating novel' KATE MCLOUGHLIN, TLS
'Brilliant and heart-stopping' LOS ANGELES TIMES
'Startling and ambitious' NEW YORK TIMES
'Animated by dark humor and cool fury' NEW YORKER
'Dexterous and formally inventive' MARCEL THEROUX, GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY
Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a maverick scientist who scours the country's forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails while her relatives urge her to settle down and start a family of her own. What they don't know: Yeva already dates plenty of men-not for love, but to fund her work-entertaining Westerners who come to Ukraine on guided romance tours believing they'll find docile brides untainted by feminism.
Nastia and her sister, Solomiya, are also entangled in the booming marriage industry, posing as a hopeful bride and her translator while secretly searching for their missing mother, who vanished after years of fierce activism against the romance tours.
So begins a journey of a lifetime across a country on the brink of war: three angry women, a truckful of kidnapped bachelors, and Lefty, a last-of-his-kind snail with one final shot at perpetuating his species.
* LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE *
* FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS *
'Fantastic . . . I love works that are smarter than I am and this is one' PERCIVAL EVERETT, author of Booker-shortlisted JAMES
'Funny and smart, full of science, longing and adventure . . . This is essential reading' ANN PATCHETT, bestselling author of TOM LAKE
'Heartbreaking, hilarious, profound, and vital' LARA PRESCOTT, bestselling author of THE SECRETS WE KEEP
* WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 *
* SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE *
* WINNER OF THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE *
* WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE *
* A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, IRISH TIMES, BBC, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY *
An unforgettable debut novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary Ukraine
'A fierce and funny road-trip novel' GUARDIAN, the 50 hottest books to read right now
'Inventive and playful' SUNDAY TIMES
'A stunning debut' OBSERVER
'I was gripped . . . Brilliant' DAILY MAIL
'A thrilling ride' FINANCIAL TIMES
'A bold, brilliant, original, funny and devastating novel' KATE MCLOUGHLIN, TLS
'Brilliant and heart-stopping' LOS ANGELES TIMES
'Startling and ambitious' NEW YORK TIMES
'Animated by dark humor and cool fury' NEW YORKER
'Dexterous and formally inventive' MARCEL THEROUX, GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY
Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a maverick scientist who scours the country's forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails while her relatives urge her to settle down and start a family of her own. What they don't know: Yeva already dates plenty of men-not for love, but to fund her work-entertaining Westerners who come to Ukraine on guided romance tours believing they'll find docile brides untainted by feminism.
Nastia and her sister, Solomiya, are also entangled in the booming marriage industry, posing as a hopeful bride and her translator while secretly searching for their missing mother, who vanished after years of fierce activism against the romance tours.
So begins a journey of a lifetime across a country on the brink of war: three angry women, a truckful of kidnapped bachelors, and Lefty, a last-of-his-kind snail with one final shot at perpetuating his species.
* LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE *
* FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS *
'Fantastic . . . I love works that are smarter than I am and this is one' PERCIVAL EVERETT, author of Booker-shortlisted JAMES
'Funny and smart, full of science, longing and adventure . . . This is essential reading' ANN PATCHETT, bestselling author of TOM LAKE
'Heartbreaking, hilarious, profound, and vital' LARA PRESCOTT, bestselling author of THE SECRETS WE KEEP
Book Information
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N/A
Sub Genre
N/A
Format
Hardback
Pages
224
Price
25.00 €
Editions (5)
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4.5
Auf eine absurde Weise lustig
Dies ist ein sehr eigenartiges und doch sehr lesenswertes Buch. Die Hauptdarsteller (Yeva, Nastia, Sol und Pasha) haben alle sehr unterschiedliche Geschichten, die sehr gezielt gewählt und passend ineinander greifen. Ich halte dies auch für die wichtigste Eigenschaft dieses Buches, da alles von den einfachsten Handlungen der Charaktere bis hin zum Einfluss des Ukraine Krieges in dieses Spannungsfeld der Hintergründige der Protagonisten hineinspielt. Darüber hinaus ist das Buch mit sehr viel Humor geschrieben, wodurch wichtige und schwierige Themen gut transportiert werden.
Posts
4.5
Auf eine absurde Weise lustig
Dies ist ein sehr eigenartiges und doch sehr lesenswertes Buch. Die Hauptdarsteller (Yeva, Nastia, Sol und Pasha) haben alle sehr unterschiedliche Geschichten, die sehr gezielt gewählt und passend ineinander greifen. Ich halte dies auch für die wichtigste Eigenschaft dieses Buches, da alles von den einfachsten Handlungen der Charaktere bis hin zum Einfluss des Ukraine Krieges in dieses Spannungsfeld der Hintergründige der Protagonisten hineinspielt. Darüber hinaus ist das Buch mit sehr viel Humor geschrieben, wodurch wichtige und schwierige Themen gut transportiert werden.