Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"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. Coming of age in the USSR in the 1980s, best friends Anya and Milka try to envision a free and joyful future for themselves. They spend their summers at Anya's dacha just outside of Moscow, lazing in the apple orchard, listening to Queen songs,...
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The stories in the collection explore the burden, the power, and the nature of love between people who often feel misplaced and estranged from their deepest selves and the world, where they cannot find a home"--
