Rome Turbina is fourteen years old. Everything is intensified, the world is undergoing a test for falsehood and failing it, the unshakeable collapses, the familiar breaks, the new frightens. “Yes, mom, I am a sensor. A malfunctioning touchscreen.” Parents, from...
whom one cannot expect understanding. A friend, with whom everything is complicated. Teachers, making noise out of nothing. And she, a stranger from the trolleybus in an elfish hat and with a bag that says “I am not Pushkin.” Finding her, finding oneself, and surviving a crisis will be helped by Ruslan and Lyudmila. Only they are not Pushkin's heroes, but Chilean squirrels from a pet store. The new text by Eva Némesh is written in rhythmic prose — perhaps the best form to reach 14-year-old sensors, who need to hear: you are not alone, and you will cope. Eva Némesh is a three-time winner of the Kniguru Prize and the winner of the Book of the Year Award (2023). Her stories “Subtitles” and “Turn Off Spelling” were published by Samokat.
Rome Turbina is fourteen years old. Everything is intensified, the world is undergoing a test for falsehood and failing it, the unshakeable collapses, the familiar breaks, the new frightens. “Yes, mom, I am a sensor. A malfunctioning touchscreen.” Parents, from whom one cannot expect understanding. A friend, with whom everything is complicated. Teachers, making noise out of nothing. And she, a stranger from the trolleybus in an elfish hat and with a bag that says “I am not Pushkin.” Finding her, finding oneself, and surviving a crisis will be helped by Ruslan and Lyudmila. Only they are not Pushkin's heroes, but Chilean squirrels from a pet store. The new text by Eva Némesh is written in rhythmic prose — perhaps the best form to reach 14-year-old sensors, who need to hear: you are not alone, and you will cope. Eva Némesh is a three-time winner of the Kniguru Prize and the winner of the Book of the Year Award (2023). Her stories “Subtitles” and “Turn Off Spelling” were published by Samokat.