Broken Glass Park by Alina Bronsky

Broken Glass Park by Alina Bronsky

Born in Moscow, now living in Berlin with her two younger siblings, Sascha Naimann is precocious, independent, streetwise, and, since her stepfather killed 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 na ve mother, and she dreams of ending the life of Vadim, the man who murdered her. Sascha's gripping story is that of a young woman consumed by two competing impulses, one celebrative and redemptive, the other murderous. In a voice that is candid and self-confident, Sascha relates the struggle between these two impulses in a novel that Germany's Freundin Magazine called a gripping portrayal of life on the margins of society.

Sascha's story goes straight to the heart of what it means to be young, alive, and conscious in twenty-first century.

Alina Bronksy is the author of Broken Glass Park (Europa, 2010), The Hottest Dishes of Tartar Cuisine (Europa, 2011), which The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, and Publishers Weekly named a Best Book of 2011; and Just Call Me Superman (Europa, 2014).