Author: van Llewyn, Sophie Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Published on 11 July 2018 by Fairlight Books in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Fairlight Moderns' series.Paperback | 190 pages, n/a111 x 178 x 15 | 150g Longlisted for The Women's Prize for Fiction 2019, The Republic of Consciousness Prize 2019 and The People's Book Prize 2018.'Enjoyable to read' - Dolly Alderton, The High LowWhen Alina's brother-in-law defects to the West, she and her husband become persons of interest to the secret services, causing both of their careers to come grinding to a halt.As the strain takes its toll on their marriage, Alina turns to her aunt for help - the wife of a communist leader and a secret practitioner of the old folk ways.Set in 1970s communist Romania, this novella-in-flash draws upon magic realism to weave a tale of everyday troubles that can't be put down.
