Ask Miechka
by Eugenia Kuznetsova
Description
The story of “Ask Miechka” features four generations of women captured during one summer. Two sisters, Mia and Lilia, come to their “shelter”, their grandmother's old house where they have spent their childhood, in an attempt to put on hold their upcoming life-changing decisions: deciding on immigrating or staying, choosing between a reliable man or wild love. Their grandmother, Thea, is nearing the end of her life and her daughter and the sisters’ mother are fearful to take the place of the oldest woman in the family. The old house, overgrown with weeds, shrubs, and sprawling trees, seems to be frozen in time, lost in oblivion. Yet the sisters bring it back to life: new people come, new cats wander in, pumpkins are grown, and the porch is renovated. The house changes, along with the lives of the women who inhabit it as the summer nears its end. In her debut novel, Eugenia Kuznetsova told a deeply intimate story about the relations between sisters, mothers, and daughters. Vivid dialogues, when the most sensitive things remain unspoken, but somehow felt, define the atmosphere of the story, and highlight the unique ties existing between the generations of women in the family.
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Rights Information
Foreign rights sold: Finnish, Latvian, Polish, Serbian.
Contact: ivan.fedechko@starlev.com.ua
Contact of the Ukrainian Book Institute: ubi@ubi.org.ua
Endorsements
Longlisted into the 2021 BBC Book of the Year Award. Special mention of Ukraine at the European Union Prize for Literature.
Author Biography
Eugenia Kuznetsova is a writer, translator, and researcher. She was born and spent her childhood in the village of Khomutyntsi in central Ukraine. After graduating Kyiv National University, she received her PhD in literary analysis in Spain. Now, Eugenia works in media research, focusing on conflict-sensitive reporting and countering disinformation, and translates fiction and non-fiction. Her first novel “Ask Miechka” was shortlisted for BBC News Ukraine Book of The Year 2021, and was nominated for The European Union Prize for Literature.
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher The Old Lion Publishing House
- Publication Date 2021
- Orginal LanguageUkrainian
- ISBN/Identifier 9786176798552
- Publication Country or regionUkraine
- Pages272
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleСпитайте Мієчку
- Original Language AuthorsКузнєцова Євгенія
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