![]() ![]() The novel combines seemingly incongruous aspects-spectacular adventures and philosophical depth, incredible transformations and psychological accuracy, complexity of ethical issues and mundane details of urban life. The Magicians author Lev Grossman has described it as “a book that has the potential to become a modern classic of its genre.”Īccording to the publisher, Vita Nostra is a thrilling journey into the deepest mysteries of existence, a dizzying adventure, an opening into a world that no one has ever described, a world that frightens and attracts readers. ![]() Harper Voyager has acquired Julia Hersey’s English translation of the novel, which was named the best novel of the twenty-first century in the sci-fi/fantasy genre at Eurocon-2008. The recipient of eight literary prizes and much critical acclaim in Russia, Vita Nostra has been translated into several languages. Governed by fear and coercion, Sasha will learn the meaning of the phrase “In the beginning was the word…” ![]() A slightest misstep or failure at school-and the students’ loved ones pay a price. In Sergey Dyachenko and Marina Shyrshova-Dyachenko’s fantasy Vita Nostra, described as “ The Magicians but set in a rural Russian technical college,” Alexandra (Sasha) Samokhina is forced into a seemingly inconceivable situation: Against her will, she must enter the Institute of Special Technologies. ![]()
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