It's the End of the World, My Love

By Alla Gorbunova Translated by Elina Alter Otherworldly forces, dark phantasmagoria, the horrors of underground life, adolescence and rebellion, myth and fairy tale all swirl together in Alla Gorbunova's audacious and spectacular novel. Publication Date: February, 7th 2023 Paperback: 9781646052103eBook: 9781646052363 Description Children, students, beggars, young poets: Alla Gorbunova's heroes and heroines live their lives intensely, experiencing the longing, joy, anticipation, and heartbreak of youth in 1990s Saint Petersburg. But Gorbunova's interconnected episodes don't limit themselves to the realm of the everyday, as they move from harsh, material realitis to delirious dark fantasies. Characters escape, decline, self-destruct, and transform. In vivid prose she conjures a fragile and haunted society, and renders it with frank and uncompromising tenderness. A stunning work of fiction, It's The End of the World, My Love is a compassionate, terrifying, and rewarding book from an unde