✍ Scribed by Yelena Moskovich
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
*Longlisted for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize!
"A hint of Lynch, a touch of Ferrante, the cruel absurdity of Antonin Artaud, the fierce candour of Anaïs Nin, the stylish languor of a Lana del Rey song." —The Guardian
As Communism begins to crumble in Prague in the 1980s, Jana's unremarkable life becomes all at once remarkable when a precocious young girl named Zorka moves into the apartment building with her mother and sick father. With Zorka's signature two-finger salute and abrasive wit, she brings flair to the girls' days despite her mother's protestations to not "be weird." But after scorching her mother's prized fur coat and stealing from a nefarious teacher, Zorka suddenly disappears.
Meanwhile in Paris, Aimée de Saint-Pé married young to an older woman, Dominique, an actress whose star has crested and is in decline. A quixotic journey of self-discovery, Virtuoso follows Zorka as she comes of age in Prague, Wisconsin, and then Boston, amidst a backdrop of clothing logos, MTV, computer coders, and other outcast youth. But it isn't till a Parisian conference hall brimming with orthopedic mattresses and therapeutic appendages when Jana first encounters Aimée, their fates steering them both to a cryptic bar on the Rue de Prague, and, perhaps, to Zorka.
With a distinctive prose flair and spellbinding vision, Virtuoso is a story of love, loss, and self-discovery that heralds Yelena Moskovich as a brilliant and one-of-a-kind visionary.
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
Die junge verheiratete Contessa Carlotta reist für eine Opernsaison nach Neapel und verliebt sich leidenschaftlich in den Sänger Gasparo Conti. Sie gewinnt die Zuneigung des hinreißend schönen Kastraten, der mit seiner Sopranstimme die Zuhörer vollkommen verzaubert. Einen Sommer lang begleitet sie i
My ferocious little beast of a dog just bit the biggest movie star in the world... I'm an innocent, wounded teacher, and he's... Flynn FREAKING Godfrey! I wish he wasn't so besotted with me because I've sworn off the one thing he probably wants most... However, I quickly discover he's so much more t
Hlavní postavou špionážního románu, odvíjejícího se od r. 1952 do r. 1962 v Anglii, je pracovník naší zpravodajské centrály, který v dramatickém střetnutí s anglickou a americkou zpravodajskou službou prověřuje situaci nazákladnách amerického strategického letectva.
"Sebastian Sherbrook, a self-proclaimed scoundrel and the newly minted Marquess of Manwaring, returns to London after his estranged uncle dies, intent on reforming his rakish image once and for all. Yet through no fault of his own, he's soon embroiled in the biggest scandal of the Season, and his se
Only one thing stands between Frank Mason and his $20-million inheritance--a wife. When he finds Lisa, he doesn't waste any time marrying her, but their fairytale romance is not built to last. Lisa's infidelity doesn't go unnoticed, but Frank has his reasons for maintaining his silence--until he unc