Restless

A novel about addiction, creative search, overcoming loss, and the destructive forces of the past.
The Urals, the 2000s. Poet Seryozha goes to the mountains, trying to heal from a harmful habit, and in search of true beauty, records poems on audio cassettes. His sister Katya struggles with the disappearance of her brother, dropping out of university and diving into the bohemian life of Yekaterinburg. Roma, a sailor on a fishing trawler and an artist, is in love with her, caught up in a volatile love triangle.
In Margarita Ronzhina's new novel, the characters survive in the spaces of large and small cities, searching for their own meanings while wrestling with endless emotional turmoil.