

Reluctantly, she obliges, and is rewarded with a shining golden coin. Whilst on holiday, Sasha is asked by the mysterious Farit to undertake a strange task for him. Sasha Samokhina has just met Farit Kozhenikov and her life will never be the same again.

'A book that has the potential to become a modern classic.' – Lev Grossman, bestselling author of The Magicians Our life is brief. Annual Nikolay Gogol Award for the outstanding novel from Moscow Writers Organization.The definitive English language translation of the internationally bestselling Russian novel – a brilliant dark fantasy combining psychological suspense, enchantment, and terror that makes us consider human existence in a fresh and provocative way.Marble Faun Award as the best novel of the 2007 (critic/researcher Mikhail Nazarenko annual genre award).Book of the Year Award for the best book of the 2007 wrote by domestic writers by votes at.Σ Award for the best novel of the 2007 by votes of readers of Esli magazine.First-grade Filigree Award for the best novel of the 2007 at Arkady Strugatsky’s Memorial Readings in Moscow, Russia.Silver Arrow Awards for the best novel and the best female character of the 2007 at Silver Arrow Festival in Moscow, Russia.RosCon Award for the best novel of the 2007 and special Award of Awards at RosCon national annual convention in Moscow, Russia.Moon Sword Award for the best fantasy novel of the 2007 at Strannik Festival in St.Petersburg, Russia.Gold Caduceum Award for the best novel of the 2007 at Star Bridge Festival in Kharkov, Ukraine.I am so grateful to them for giving me another chance to relive those experiences with all the means of cinematography at my disposal, I will do my best to convey the magic of those times.” “ VITA NOSTRA is a fantasy, but a fantasy so authentic that, having turned its last page, I thought that Marina and Sergey Dyachenko somehow know everything that happened to me during the first year of my adult life. “ VITA NOSTRA-it’s a book that has the potential to become a modern classic of its genre.”Ī novelist, a senior writer and book critic for TIME magazine

It was also published as Alekszandra és a Teremtés növendékei in Hungary in 2009 in translation of Weisz György.Ī hard cover edition published by Harper Voyager is expected in 2018! Ogorzałek next year after the original publication in Russia. Vita Nostra was published in Poland in translation of P. It collected several professional and readers awards and was mentioned as one of the most important work of national speculative fiction of the decade. The book got absolutely positive reception. Vita Nostra is modern literary fantasy novel with “coming of age” theme, first in associative Dyachenkos’ “Metamorphosis” cycle.
