From the acclaimed author of THE HOTTEST DISHES OF THE TARTAR CUISINE - "a cruel comic romp ends as a surprisingly winning story of hardship and resilience" (The New Yorker).
Max lives with his grandparents in a residential home for refugees in Germany. When his grandmother-a terrifying, stubborn matriarch and a former Russian primadonna-moved them from the Motherland it was in search of a better life. But she is not at all pleased with how th...
Disfigured in a dog attack, 17-year-old Marek has a lot to come to terms with. Tricked into going to a support group he is rude and dismissive to the other members, but with one exception. This novel is at once an evocation of modern Berlin, a vivid portrait of youth under pressure and a moving story about self-acceptance. Translated by Tim Mohr.
A defiant woman and her colorful neighbors reclaim their homes in Chernobyl in this "enthralling story of humor, tragedy, and triumph" (World Literature Today).There may be government warnings about radiation levels in her hometown of Tschernowo-also known as Chernobyl-but Baba Dunja has returned. And she's brought a motley bunch of her former neighbors with her. With the town largely to themselves, and lots of strangely misshapen fruit, they ...
Seventeen-year-old Sacha Naimann is precocious, independent, skeptical, and, since her stepfather murdered her mother, an orphan. Her dream is to write a novel about her mother--and end the life of the man who murdered her. 366.
