Sinologist

New novel by Elena Chizhova written in the genre of dystopia, facing the past: during the Great Patriotic war, German troops had reached the Urals. The border passed by the Ural mountains in the East, the Soviet Union, in the West - the German-occupied Russia. Before the reader the unfolding alternative history of two States - Soviet and Pro-fascist - and the story of two young people who grew up on opposite sides of the Ridge.

About the author: the Writer Elena Chizhova, the winner of"Russian Booker" (novel "Time of women"), is not afraid of controversial topics, be it the Soviet anti-Semitism (the novel "Half breed"), "new Russian" business ("the Terracotta woman") or the eternal conflict of Men and Women, burdened by Soviet history (the"mushroom planet").

Quote: "Remembering a sister, he, the habit of recent years, calls her a traitor. Why did she do it? Swallowed chemicals. Has imposed on himself, leaving him alone. Well if love is a feeling, not controlled by the mind. But - "I'm leaving, I refuse to be held hostage to collective madness"? Her suicide note he destroyed. In all that relates to documents, it is impossible to trust others ' hands. He thinks: yellow ungrateful. Who knows what they'll scream tomorrow? However, seriously steam is not necessary. Secret fears - this is normal. It is important not to give in, to keep under control. He keeps. Don't allow yourself to think about Johann, who suffered the fate of traitors. In war as in war."