Six Thousand Thoughts of Lina Koval
Six Thousand Thoughts of Lina Koval
14.99 €
The book features two stories about Lina Koval. In the first, she's 15 years old; in the second, she's two years older. Amidst a series of ordinary days and events, when scarves are draped over jackets, trams smell of tangerines, and maracas are played in underground passages, the heroine observes this world and grows up.
At first, Lina can't get used to the fact that her mother has an artist. Later, a true miracle happens to her—her first job, and not just any job, but a century-old marble staircase at the opera house! Here, she makes a new friend, and together they investigate the mysterious disappearance of an opera singer's dress.
In short, you won't get bored with Lina. She sets up a clothing museum in a storage room, composes an important poem overnight, unexpectedly falls asleep after work in geography class, worries about her neighbor and best friend Kira, and her thoughts are simply countless!
Writer and playwright Anastasia Maleiko is a philologist by training. She teaches the history of world theater to students at the Institute of Culture. Perhaps that's why each of her stories contains something related to theater.
Anastasia is also convinced that the best books are those that sit on a teenager's shelf, where parents stealthily pick them up and devour them in a couple of evenings. "That's exactly what I did when my son was thirteen," she adds. The first story about Lina Koval, "My Mother Loves the Artist," won the V. Krapivin Prize in 2013 and was published by KompasGid in 2015.
The image of Lina and the atmosphere of the stories were beautifully captured on the cover by artist Masha Sudovykh.
At first, Lina can't get used to the fact that her mother has an artist. Later, a true miracle happens to her—her first job, and not just any job, but a century-old marble staircase at the opera house! Here, she makes a new friend, and together they investigate the mysterious disappearance of an opera singer's dress.
In short, you won't get bored with Lina. She sets up a clothing museum in a storage room, composes an important poem overnight, unexpectedly falls asleep after work in geography class, worries about her neighbor and best friend Kira, and her thoughts are simply countless!
Writer and playwright Anastasia Maleiko is a philologist by training. She teaches the history of world theater to students at the Institute of Culture. Perhaps that's why each of her stories contains something related to theater.
Anastasia is also convinced that the best books are those that sit on a teenager's shelf, where parents stealthily pick them up and devour them in a couple of evenings. "That's exactly what I did when my son was thirteen," she adds. The first story about Lina Koval, "My Mother Loves the Artist," won the V. Krapivin Prize in 2013 and was published by KompasGid in 2015.
The image of Lina and the atmosphere of the stories were beautifully captured on the cover by artist Masha Sudovykh.
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