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Book SynopsisAlindarka’s Children is the masterful English debut of Alhierd Bacharevic, a new voice from Belarus
Trade Review"A dark fantasy by one of Belarus’s most original contemporary writers. It captures the depths of frustration, grief, and resolve building up for decades under the deceptively placid surface of Belarusian life. Both a translation and a collage—an independent, multilingual literary work." -- Jaroslaw Anders - The New York Review of Books
"You can take this book on many levels, from the philosophical and psychological analysis of what it does to a nation and a people to remove, control and suppress its mother tongue, to an exciting tale of two runaway children." -- The Scotsman
"Bacharevic’s rich, provocative novel offers a kaleidoscopic picture of language as fairy-tale forest, as Gulag, as monument, as tomb, as everlasting life." -- Sophie Pinkham - The New York Times
"Bacharevic’s novel blends the magic and darkness of a fairy tale with what is implicitly a manifesto on language and national identity. " -- Kirkus Reviews
"Largely a meditation on what makes a language worth holding onto...
Alindarka's Children shifts lyrically between two languages, Belarusian and Russian, translated respectively and brilliantly into Scots and English. Readers will be stirred by Bacharevic’s ardent, earnest devotion." -- Publishers Weekly
