The Great River

This tale is sometimes forest-like, sometimes marshy. It flickers in glimmers, runs transparently along the tree of the flute. In the distance, the Great River sighs. The secret of its Other Bank is attempted to be revealed by the curious and bold Oikyu and the ruffled crow-boy Varn.

Varn and Oikyu each have a secret and a magical ability; both are lonely in their own way, and each copes with their solitude differently. She endlessly talks nonsense and gets into trouble. He is hidden in internal darkness. She goes against common rules. He seeks his own path.

The debut book by Alyona Malukhina with illustrations by Anastasia Balatonyshcheva is a new word in domestic fairy tales for teenagers. Follow it: it will lead you to the sun from the very underground darkness.