Fiction
Jugglers
by Gloria Mu
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Modern women’s fiction about what it takes to be an artist: the compromises, the heartbreaks, and the sustaining force of life-long friendship. In this novella, Gloria Mu distills her ironic, intimate voice into a story of resilience where even dogs — loyal, grounding, and unjudging — become anchors of stability amid the chaos of survival and creativity.
With its blend of emotional depth and playful irony, Jugglers resonates with the introspection of Olga Tokarczuk and the raw honesty of Sally Rooney. A standalone novella, it can also be read as a continuation of Retracing the Steps, further following the protagonist’s life.
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First published by AST in 2009.
Compact format (100 pp.) ideal for translation series and international anthologies.
Strong appeal to literary fiction, women’s writing, autofiction, and novella markets.
Author Biography
Gloria Mu is the pen name of a Ukrainian-born artist turned writer, published in Russian, Bulgarian, and English. Born in 1973, she studied at the Kharkiv State School of Art and the Saint Petersburg State Institute of Performing Arts. Between 2009 and 2014 she kept a widely read LiveJournal blog chronicling her eclectic career as illustrator, designer, papetier, pyrotechnic, actress, and translator.
Her debut novel Retracing the Steps (2009) has been reprinted five times, and was later expanded with the novella Jugglers and the short stories Ratbag and Good Doggies. In 2012 she co-authored Children’s Book for Girls with Boris Akunin. Her latest fantasy novel The Game of Jart was a finalist for the 2024 New Horizons Fantasy Fiction Award.
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- Publisher AST
- Orginal LanguageRussian
- ISBN/Identifier 9785170590995
- Publication Country or regionRussia
- Pages100
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleЖонглеры
- Original Language AuthorsГлория Му
- Copyright Year2009
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