{"product_id":"endling-9781984897596","title":"Endling","description":"\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE - WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE - WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE - LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD - LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE - FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Ukraine, an eccentric scientist breeding rare snails crosses paths with sisters posing as members of the marriage industry to find their activist mother. As Russia invades, they embark on a wild journey with kidnapped bachelors and a last-of-its-kind snail. This darkly comic novel explores survival, love, and hope in times of encroaching darkness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eTHE WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eGOOD HOUSEKEEPING\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, THE GUARDIAN, LIBRARY JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Startling and ambitious.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times - \u003c\/i\u003e\"Virtuosic.\"--NPR, \u003ci\u003eFresh Air - \"\u003c\/i\u003eBrilliant and heart-stopping.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a loner and a maverick scientist who lives out of her mobile lab. She scours the country's forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails, while her relatives urge her to settle down and finally start a family of her own. What they don't know: Yeva already dates plenty of men--not for love, but to fund her work--entertaining Westerners who come to Ukraine on guided romance tours believing they'll find docile brides untainted by feminism and modernity.\u003cbr\u003e Nastia and her sister, Solomiya, are also entangled in the booming marriage industry, posing as a hopeful bride and her translator while secretly searching for their missing mother, who vanished after years of fierce activism against the romance tours.\u003cbr\u003e Together they embark across hundreds of miles: three angry women, a truckful of kidnapped bachelors, and Lefty, a last-of-his-kind snail with one final shot at perpetuating his species. But their plans come to a screeching halt when Russia invades. In a stunningly ambitious and achingly raw metafictional spiral, Endling brilliantly balances horror and comedy, drawing on Reva's own experiences as a Ukrainian expat tracking her family's delicate dance of survival behind enemy lines. As fiction and reality collide on the page, Reva probes the hard truths of war: What stories must we tell ourselves to survive? To carry on with the routines of life under military occupation? And for those of us watching from over-seas: Can our sense of normalcy and security ever be restored, or have they always been a fragile illusion?\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEndling\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force from an author who weaves a story of love, loss, humor, and devastation that only she can tell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781984897596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.72d","brand":"Maria Reva","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52403607503029,"sku":"9781984897596","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_09841e9f-a556-4eff-b6b6-e9c4e392e595.jpg?v=1774969925","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/endling-9781984897596","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}