![]() ![]() But as outside forces begin to coalesce, threatening to finally separate them, Aspirin makes a startling discovery about himself and this ethereal, eerie child. ![]() In an amalgamation of fantasy, science fiction. He can then return to the shallow life he led before her. Marina and Sergey Dyachenko’s novel, translated from Russian by Julia Meitov Hersey, concerns itself almost entirely with education’s tyranny. Yet every attempt to get rid of her is thwarted by an unusual protector: her plush teddy bear that may just transform into a fearsome monster.Īlyona tells Aspirin that if he would just allow her do her work, she'll leave him – and this world. Whoever this mysterious girl is, she now refuses to leave.Ĭlaiming that she is a musical prodigy, Alyona insists she must play a complicated violin piece to find her brother.Ĭonfused and wary, Aspirin knows one thing: he wants her out of his apartment and his life. Or perhaps a long-lost daughter Aspirin never knew existed? ![]() But in the morning sinister doubts set in. Spouses Maryna Yuryivna Dyachenko (born 23 January 1968) and Serhiy Serhiyovych Dyachenko (14. Late one night, fate brings together DJ Aspirin and ten-year-old Alyona.Īfter he tries to save her from imminent danger, she ends up at his apartment. Its a peaceful marina with not too many boats and yachts. In this extraordinary stand-alone novel, the authors and translator of Vita Nostra return with a story about creation, music, and companionship filled with their hallmark elements of subtle magic and fantasy. ![]()
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