Vita Nostra By : Marina Dyachenko
Book Excerpt :
Sasha Samokhina has been accepted to the Institute of Special Technologies.Or, more precisely, she?s been chosen.Situated in a tiny village, she finds the students are bizarre, and the curriculum even more so. The books are impossible to read, the lessons obscure to the point of maddening, and the work refuses memorization. Using terror and coercion to keep the students in line, the school does not punish them for their transgressions and failures; instead, it is their families that pay a terrible price. Yet despite her fear, Sasha undergoes changes that defy the dictates of matter and time; experiences which are nothing she has ever dreamed of . . . and suddenly all she could ever want.A complex blend of adventure, magic, science, and philosophy that probes the mysteries of existence, filtered through a distinct Russian sensibility, this astonishing work of speculative fiction?brilliantly translated by Julia Meitov Hersey?is reminiscent of modern classics such as Lev Grossman?s The
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