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DISAPPEARING EARTHNATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A propulsive, emotionally engaging debut novel about the intricate bonds of family and community, in a Russia unlike any we have seen before.
One August afternoon, two sisters--Sophia, eight, and Alyona, eleven--go missing from a beach on the far-flung Kamchatka Peninsula in northeastern Russia. Taking us through the year that follows, Disappearing Earth enters the lives of women and girls in this tightly knit community who are connected by the crime: a witness, a neighbor, a detective, a mother. We are transported to vistas of rugged beauty--open expanses of tundra, soaring volcanoes, dense forests, the glassy seas that border Japan and Alaska--and into a region as complex as it is alluring, where social and ethnic tensions have long simmered, and where outsiders are often the first to be accused. |
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"Superb . . . Brilliant . . . A nearly flawless novel." --The New York Times
Named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post, Esquire, NPR, Real Simple, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, The A. V. Club, and The New York Public Library
“An addictive page turner.” --Cosmopolitan
"Thrilling . . . Rumors and rivalries, secrets and lies, all add up to a compelling portrayal of a community under siege." --People
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE JOHN LEONARD PRIZE
“The ending of Disappearing Earth ignites an immediate desire to reread the chapters leading up to it.” --The New Yorker
“Immensely moving.” --The Wall Street Journal
FINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE
“Elegant, ingeniously interwoven . . . Singularly satisfying.” --Entertainment Weekly
“Mesmerizing . . . It’s the strength of Phillips’s writing, her careful attention to character and tone, that will grip you right up until the final heart-stopping pages.” --Vanity Fair
FINALIST FOR THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD
“Unshakeable . . . Disappearing Earth has the makings of a lurid thriller, but first-time novelist Julia Phillips does something more sophisticated than that . . . It’s so specific, and yet so universal. These are stories of women the world over.” --USA Today
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