{"product_id":"b0dlkm269b","title":"Endling: LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE AND WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE","description":"\u003cp\u003e* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 *\u003cbr\u003e\n* WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 *\u003cbr\u003e\n* SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE *\u003cbr\u003e\n* WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE *\u003cbr\u003e\n* WINNER OF THE AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD *\u003cbr\u003e\n* A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR:  GUARDIAN ,  OBSERVER ,  IRISH TIMES , BBC,  WASHINGTON POST ,  THE NEW YORKER , NPR,  GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ,  PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY  *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn unforgettable debut novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary Ukraine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A fierce and funny road-trip novel'  GUARDIAN , the 50 hottest books to read right now\u003cbr\u003e\n'Inventive and playful'  SUNDAY TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\n'A stunning  debut'  OBSERVER\u003cbr\u003e\n'I was gripped  . . .  Brilliant'  DAILY MAIL\u003cbr\u003e\n'A thrilling ride'  FINANCIAL TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\n'A bold, brilliant, original, funny and devastating novel'  KATE MCLOUGHLIN,  TLS\u003cbr\u003e\n'Brilliant and heart-stopping'  LOS ANGELES TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\n' Startling and ambitious '  NEW YORK TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\n' Animated by dark humor and cool fury'  NEW YORKER\u003cbr\u003e\n'Dexterous and formally inventive'  MARCEL THEROUX,  GUARDIAN  BOOK OF THE DAY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUkraine, 2022. Yeva is a maverick scientist who scours the country's forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails while her relatives urge her to settle down and 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNastia 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSo begins a journey of a lifetime across a country on the brink of war: three angry women, a truckful of kidnapped bachelors, and Lefty, a last-of-his-kind snail with one final shot at perpetuating his species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e* LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE *\u003cbr\u003e\n* FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e' Fantastic  . . .   I love works that are smarter than I am and this is one ' PERCIVAL EVERETT, author of Booker-shortlisted  JAMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e' Funny and smart, full of science, longing and adventure  . . .  This is essential reading ' ANN PATCHETT, bestselling author of  TOM LAKE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e' Heartbreaking, hilarious, profound, and vital ' LARA PRESCOTT, bestselling author of  THE SECRETS WE KEEP\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52760146968792,"sku":"YSL21283","price":3.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/91RwlnPfxzL._SY1500.jpg?v=1792641130","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b0dlkm269b","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}