Julia Phillips

Disappearing Earth

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“Splendidly imagined … Thrilling” —Simon Winchester

“A genuine masterpiece” —Gary Shteyngart
Spellbinding, moving—evoking a fascinating region on the other side of the world—this suspenseful and haunting story announces the debut of a profoundly gifted writer.

One August afternoon, on the shoreline of the Kamchatka peninsula at the northeastern edge of Russia, two girls—sisters, eight and eleven—go missing. In the ensuing weeks, then months, the police investigation turns up nothing. Echoes of the disappearance reverberate across a tightly woven community, with the fear and loss felt most deeply among its women.
Taking us through a year in Kamchatka, Disappearing Earth enters with astonishing emotional acuity the worlds of a cast of richly drawn characters, all connected by the crime: a witness, a neighbor, a detective, a mother. We are transported to vistas of rugged…
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Quotes

  • андрейhas quoted2 years ago
    The night was an immense windowless room. The stars were impossibly far away.
  • Иветта Лунгуhas quoted5 years ago
    Some people don’t care if you’re special. They will punish you anyway.
  • Иветта Лунгуhas quoted5 years ago
    Men might look different in St. Petersburg. More artistic. But a man like Yegor, from the north, lonely, who drank too quickly and did girls favors and would drive eight hours to attend a party, belonged only here on Kamchatka.

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