{"product_id":"rybhorod-natalka-babina","title":"The Town of Fish (Rybhorod)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the Ukrainian-language edition of \u003cstrong\u003eRybhorod\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Town of Fish\u003c\/em\u003e) by Natalka Babina, a Belarusian writer of Ukrainian origin. Originally written in Belarusian, the novel was translated into Ukrainian by Bozhena Antoniak and published by Urbino in 2013. It is a village mystery about grief, guilt and the pull of the place you come from.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlla Bobylova's life was broken by loss: her only, long-awaited daughter died, and drink, drugs and a constant feeling of being unneeded followed. The one thing that holds her together is the land of her childhood, so she returns to the village of Dobratychi in the Berestia region, to old Mokryna, to heal. Then 97-year-old Mokryna is murdered. A crime boss arrives and starts buying up land, and he wants Alla's plot at any price. Again and again she is one step from death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes the book more than a thriller is Alla's strange gift: she can find \"burrows\" in time, places where she meets her ancestors, and through them she uncovers the secret of a 17th-century Lviv jeweller's treasure. Alla and her childhood friends race the Belarusian secret services to find it, but the heart of the story is memory, roots and the question of what is worth holding on to. A good pick for readers who like crime fiction with emotional depth, and for anyone far from home who knows the pull of a childhood village.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eYou may also like\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booklya.shop\/products\/i-see-youre-interested-in-darkness\"\u003eI See You're Interested in Darkness\u003c\/a\u003e by Illarion Pavliuk: a psychological thriller in Ukrainian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booklya.shop\/products\/the-mirror-crackd-from-side-to-side-agatha-christie-ukrainian\"\u003eThe Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side\u003c\/a\u003e by Agatha Christie: a classic village mystery in Ukrainian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/booklya.shop\/products\/where-there-is-no-god-max-kidruk\"\u003eWhere There Is No God\u003c\/a\u003e by Max Kidruk: a psychological techno-thriller in Ukrainian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEdition details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: Natalka Babina\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTranslator: Bozhena Antoniak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Urbino, 2013\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: Ukrainian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 272\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCover: hardcover, 130 x 200 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9789662647112\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Natalka Babina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55498711171409,"sku":"9789662647112","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0875\/0861\/5505\/files\/86288191.webp?v=1793098886","url":"https:\/\/booklya.shop\/products\/rybhorod-natalka-babina","provider":"BOOKLYA ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}