White Moss - Couverture souple

Nerkagi, Anna

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1805333151 ISBN 13 : 9781805333159

Editeur : Pushkin Press, 2026

Synopsis

'A world-class writer' Hamid Ismailov, author of The Railway

'A stunning novel, mesmeric, revelatory, singular' Sara Baume, author of Seven Steeples

On the eve of his wedding, young Alyoshka pines for an earlier love. Ilne chose to leave the nomadic Nenets community seven years before, moving to the city and taking his heart with her. Under increasing pressure to marry, Alyoshka struggles against the ancient Nenets customs of home and family, unwilling to give up his hope for another life.

Meanwhile, other painful transitions shake the foundations of the small camp. Deep in grief, Ilne's father Petko feels he has no role left to play in the community, while Vanu strikes out on a difficult journey to try to soothe his troubled friends.

Deep in northern Siberia, minor human tragedies play out against the cold expanse of the tundra. With bursts of lyricism and a Chekhovian eye for human frailty, Anna Nerkagi crafts a multi-voiced drama of lost love and the clash between youthful dreams and the complex ties of home.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Anna Nerkagi was born in 1953 on the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia, and she belongs to the Indigenous Nenets community. As a child, she was separated from her parents by the Soviet authorities and sent to a boarding school, where Indigenous languages and cultural traditions were banned. She published her debut novel, Aniko of the Nogo Clan, in 1977, and in 1980 she returned to the Yamal Peninsula and the nomadic way of life. In 1990, she started the Tundra School for Nenets Children, where she still works as a teacher, blending traditional and modern forms of education.

Irina Sadovina is a translator and academic from Yoshkar-Ola, Russia. She is the Co-ordinator of Slavonic Languages and University Teacher of Russian at University of Sheffield's Modern Languages Teaching Centre. Her translation of White Moss won the Australasian Association of Writing Programs Translation Prize.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pushkin Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1805333151
• ISBN 13: 9781805333159
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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