Broken Glass Park - Softcover

Bronsky, Alina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933372966 ISBN 13: 9781933372969

Publisher: Europa Editions, 2014

Synopsis

17-year-old Sascha Naimann lives in Berlin's Russian ghetto with her two younger siblings and, until recently, her mother. She is precocious, independent, street-wise, and, since her stepfather murdered her mother several months ago, an orphan. Unlike most of her companions, she doesn't dream of escaping from the tough housing project where they live. Sascha's dreams are different: she longs to write a novel about her beautiful but nave mother and kill her stepfather. Sacha's story, candid and self confident, relates her struggle.

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Review

Praise for Broken Glass Park

"What a literary creation! No wonder this book was such a sensation in Europe."
--Shelf Awareness

"A riveting debut."
--Publishers Weekly (starred)

"Bronsky writes with a gritty authenticity and unputdownable propulsion."
--Vogue

"Bronsky instinctively understands that the way to a reader's heart is through great characters."
--Library Journal

"A vivid depiction of contemporary adolescence under pressure."
--Boston Globe

"Dealing with universal themes in the context of very modern problems, Bronsky adds an exciting new voice to the literary world."
--The Daily Beast

"A sharp and funny first novel."
--The Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Surprising, poetic, extremely well-crafted...recalls the narrative art of Zadie Smith."
-Kölner Stadtrevue

"The most exciting new arrival of the season."
--Der Spiegel

"An explosive debut."
--Emma Magazine

"Youthful, fast-paced, at times sad, never sugarcoated. Broken Glass Park tells the story of a marvelous reawakening."
--Modern Zeiten

"Playful, audacious and brimming with verve...A gripping read."
--Book Reporter (Germany)

"The literature industry has a new prodigy! Bronsky is an immense talent."
--Focus (Germany)

Praise for Alina Bronsky's The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine

"Bronsky's great gift is humor."
--The Los Angeles Times

"Mordantly funny."
--The San Francisco Chronicle

"A masterful study in delusion."
--The Financial Times

"A very funny and a very dark black comedy."
--Library Journal (starred review)

"[Rose is] one of the most fascinating women in the world."
--The Millions

"What begins as a cruel comic romp ends as a surprisingly winning story of hardship and resilience."
--The New Yorker

"Bronsky's lean writing style . . . propels the reader from page to page."
--Shelf Awareness

"I plan to . . . read whatever comes next from this important new literary voice."
--Ms. Magazine

Praise for Alina Bronsky

"Alina Bronsky writes with a gritty authenticity and unputdownable propulsion."
--Vogue

"Bronsky instinctively understands that the way to a reader's heart is through great characters."
--Library Journal

"Bronsky's great gift is humor."
--The Los Angeles Times

About the Author

Alina Bronsky is the author of Broken Glass Park, The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine, named a Publishers Weekly’s Best Book of the Year, Just Call Me Superhero and Baba Dunja's Last Love. Born in Yekaterinburg, an industrial town at the foot of the Ural Mountains in central Russia, Bronsky relocated with her family to Berlin when she was thirteen.

Tim Mohr’s published translations include novels by Wolfgang Herrndorf, Stefanie de Velasco, Charlotte Roche, and Alina Bronsky. He has collaborated on memoirs by musicians Paul Stanley, Gil Scott-Heron, and Duff McKagan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Europa Editions
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1933372966
• ISBN 13: 9781933372969
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224