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The Disappearing Act

By Maria Stepanova, Sasha Dugdale (Translator)
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By Maria Stepanova, Sasha Dugdale (Translator)
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Exiled in the city of B, a struggling young writer unexpectedly gravitates towards the circus in this hypnotic novel that examines the relationship between identity, language and art.

From the renowned Russian author of In Memory of Memory, a stunning new dreamlike work about exile and art

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN TRANSLATED LITERATURE

The writer M has lived in the city of B ever since her homeland declared war on a neighboring state. Exiled, she is unable to write there and suffers from loneliness, shame, and despair, but then M is invited to give a reading at a literary festival in a nearby country. After a series of missed connections and mishaps, ...

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