Little Nothing
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- ISBN 9781786072368
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 02 Nov 2017
- Publisher: Oneworld Publications
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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An enchanting, atmospheric new novel from New York Times-bestselling author Marisa Silver
In an unnamed country at the beginning of the last century, a peasant couple longs for a child. In despair they turn to gypsy tonics and archaic prescriptions, and one cold wintery night, the couple’s wish comes true. But the silence that follows the birth forewarns of darker days to come. Strangers look on askance and fall speechless in the child’s presence, and villagers protectively hush their children as they pass on narrow market lanes. Pavla is no ordinary child, but then this is no ordinary tale.
Woven throughout is the story of Danilo, a young man who sees beauty where others see ugliness, and who is obsessed only with protecting Pavla. Drawing from a rich tapestry of fables, fairy tales and folklore, Little Nothing is a fantastically inventive, suspenseful allegory, and one of the most quixotic and constantly surprising love stories you will read this year.
Marisa Silver is the author of the novel Mary Coin, a New York Times bestseller, and of The God of War (a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist), No Direction Home and two story collections. Her first short story appeared in The New Yorker when she was featured in the magazine’s first Debut Fiction issue. She lives in Los Angeles.
