The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine

"In this acidly funny novel" of life in Soviet Russia, "a cruel comic romp ends as a surprisingly winning story of hardship and resilience" (The New Yorker).

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year

A German Book Award Finalist

A Huffington Post and Wall Street Journal Favorite Read of the Year

When Rosa Achmetowna discovers that her seventeen-year-old daughter, Sulfia, is pregnant, she tries every bizarre home remedy there is to thwart the pregnancy. But despite her best efforts, the baby girl Aminat is born--and immediately wins Rosa's heart. The dark-eyed Aminat is a Tartar through and through, just like Rosa, and the devious grandmother wastes no time in plotting to steal her away from the woefully inept Sulfia.
When Aminat, now a wild and willful teenager, catches the eye of a sleazy German cookbook writer researching Tartar cuisine, Rosa is quick to broker a deal that will guarantee all three women a passage out of the Soviet Union. But as soon as they are settled in the West, the dysfunctional ties that bind mother, daughter, and grandmother begin to fray.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 04/26/2011
ISBN: 9781609450069
Pages: 262
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Library Journal 04/01/2011 pg. 76
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2011 pg. 351
Publishers Weekly 02/14/2011
New Yorker (The) 07/04/2011 pg. 76
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/07/2011 pg. 24