Sevastopol (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780811230919)

Three subtly connected stories converge in this chimerical debut, each burrowing into a turning point in a person's life: a young woman gives a melancholy account of her obsession with climbing Mount Everest; a Peruvian-Brazilian vanishes into the forest after staying in a musty, semi-abandoned inn in the haunted depths of the Brazilian countryside; a young playwright embarks on the production of a play about the city of Sevastopol and a Russian painter portraying Crimean War soldiers.

Inspired by Tolstoy's The Sevastopol Sketches, Emilio Fraia masterfully weaves together these stories of yearning and loss, obsession and madness, failure and the desire to persist, in a restrained manner reminiscent of Anton Chekhov, Roberto Bolano, and Rachel Cusk.

Author: Emilio Fraia
ISBN-10: 0811230910
ISBN-13: 9780811230919
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2021
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.40w x 0.30d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2021
Publishers Weekly 04/05/2021 pg. 42