Endling

* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 *<BR>* WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 *<BR>* SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE *<BR>* WINNER OF THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE *<BR>* WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE *<BR>* A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, IRISH TIMES, BBC, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY *<BR><BR>An unforgettable debut novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary Ukraine<BR> <BR> 'A fierce and funny road-trip novel' GUARDIAN, the 50 hottest books to read right now<BR> 'Inventive and playful' SUNDAY TIMES<BR>'A stunning debut' OBSERVER<BR>'I was gripped . . . Brilliant' DAILY MAIL<BR>'A thrilling ride' FINANCIAL TIMES<BR>'A bold, brilliant, original, funny and devastating novel' KATE MCLOUGHLIN, TLS<BR> 'Brilliant and heart-stopping' LOS ANGELES TIMES<BR> 'Startling and ambitious' NEW YORK TIMES<BR> 'Animated by dark humor and cool fury' NEW YORKER<BR> 'Dexterous and formally inventive' MARCEL THEROUX, GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY<BR><BR> Ukraine, 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.<BR><BR> 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.<BR><BR> So 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.<BR><BR>* LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE *<BR>* FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS *<BR><BR>'Fantastic . . . I love works that are smarter than I am and this is one' PERCIVAL EVERETT, author of Booker-shortlisted JAMES<BR><BR> 'Funny and smart, full of science, longing and adventure . . . This is essential reading' ANN PATCHETT, bestselling author of TOM LAKE<BR><BR>'Heartbreaking, hilarious, profound, and vital' LARA PRESCOTT, bestselling author of THE SECRETS WE KEEP