{"product_id":"endling-9781984897596","title":"Endling","description":"\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE - WINNER OF THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE - WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003eWINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE - SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE - SHORTLISTED FOR THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD - LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD - FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Ukraine, an eccentric scientist breeding rare snails crosses paths with sisters posing as members of the marriage industry to find their activist mother. As Russia invades, they embark on a wild journey with kidnapped bachelors and a last-of-its-kind snail. This darkly comic novel explores survival, love, and hope in times of encroaching darkness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eTHE WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eGOOD HOUSEKEEPING\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, THE GUARDIAN, LIBRARY JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The book is funny and smart, full of science, longing and adventure, all the while reminding us what the world stands to lose, and what it has already lost. This is essential reading.\" --Ann Patchett, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTom Lake\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUkraine, 2022. Yeva is a maverick scientist who scours the country's forests, trying and failing to breed rare snails. To fund her work, she entertains Westerners who come to Ukraine on guided romance tours believing they'll find docile wives. Nastia and Solomiya are also entangled in the booming marriage industry, posing as a hopeful bride and her translator. Together, the three women embark on the journey of a lifetime with a truckful of kidnapped bachelors and a last-of-his-kind snail--that is, until Russia invades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA darkly comic novel, \u003ci\u003eEndling\u003c\/i\u003e draws on Reva's own experiences as a Ukrainian expat tracking her family's delicate dance of survival behind enemy lines. As fiction and reality collide on the page, she probes the hard truths of war: What stories must we tell ourselves to survive? Once shattered, can our sense of normalcy and security ever be restored? \u003ci\u003eEndling\u003c\/i\u003e is a metafictional tour de force weaving love, loss, humor, and devastation in a story only this author can tell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maria Reva\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.21w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781984897596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARIA REVA was born in Ukraine and grew up in Canada. Her fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, McSweeney's, Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere, and has won a National Magazine Award. \u003ci\u003eEndling\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel and has been translated into nineteen languages. She also works as an opera librettist.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Maria Reva \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48363626266781,"sku":"9781984897596","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_efa3f5c4-fb55-4488-a77a-b3683a9589bb.jpg?v=1780428038","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/endling-9781984897596","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}