Somewhere near Grosseto

Marina Stepnova is the author of the loudly acclaimed novel "The Women of Lazarus" (Big Book Prize, shortlisted for the Russian Booker, Yasnaya Polyana, National Bestseller), as well as the novels "Surgeon" and "Godless Alley." Her prose has been translated into twenty-three languages. The new book "Somewhere near Grosseto" is a collection of stories about people who are not usually noticed, and they themselves seem to do everything to remain invisible. In fact, their "small tragedies" and "great hopes" hide strong feelings: love, pain, loneliness, fear of death, and joy of life. All that makes us human.