{"product_id":"pioneer-summer-9781419773112","title":"Pioneer Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis star-crossed gay romance is a #1 bestselling TikTok sensation that took readers by storm, made international news, and catalyzed one of Russia's largest-ever crackdowns on LGBTQ representation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCowritten by a Ukrainian-Russian duo, \u003ci\u003ePioneer Summer\u003c\/i\u003e reached such heights of popularity that Putin stepped in to ban it. Now this swoony romance will transport American readers to another place and time and introduce them to one of the most memorable relationships of their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe year is 1986, and Yurka Konev, 16, has been sent off for another summer at Pioneer Camp. Impulsive, forthright, and unfairly branded as a troublemaker, he anticipates the weeks ahead of him with boredom and dread. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when he's pushed into working on the camp's theater production, he meets serious, thoughtful troop leader Volodya. Yurka finds himself drawn to the slightly older boy, and, surprisingly, Volodya seems to like him, too. The two boys grow closer and closer, and though both fear the consequences of their illegal attraction, its gravity pulls them together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, 20 years later, Yury returns to the abandoned camp to reminisce on the relationship that changed his life forever--and discovers that not all history is destined to remain in the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kateryna Sylvanova,Elena Malisova\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.75h x 5.68w x 1.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781419773112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElena Malisova \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in a provincial Soviet town in the late 1980s, where she lived until she moved to Moscow in the late 2000s. Growing up, she wrote poems that were published in small local newspapers. Malisova and Kateryna Sylvanova met in 2016, and together began working on \u003ci\u003ePioneer Summer\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2022, amid a wave of death threats both authors were receiving, Malisova left Russia. She currently lives in Germany. \u003cb\u003eKateryna Sylvanova \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. After graduating from university, she moved to Russia, where she worked in a shoe store and spent her free time writing. In 2022, after Russia began its full-scale war against Ukraine, Sylvanova left Russia and returned to Kharkiv. \u003cb\u003eAnne O. Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e's most recent translation is \u003ci\u003eUkraine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWar, Love: A Donetsk Diary \u003c\/i\u003eby Ukrainian writer, journalist, and historian Olena Stiazhkina. Fisher and her husband, Derek Mong, are the incoming coeditors of the literary journal \u003ci\u003eAt Length\u003c\/i\u003e. Read more at www.anneofisher.com. She condemns Putin's ongoing war of aggression on Ukraine.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Kateryna Sylvanova \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47876584636573,"sku":"9781419773112","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_08d80017-7508-42da-bd6e-586b3313c09e.jpg?v=1777382605","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/pioneer-summer-9781419773112","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}