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Endling, the debut novel by Maria Reva, was praised for its darkcomic blend of environmental ruin, war in Ukraine, and a quirky plot about a rogue ecologist and endangered snails, delivering heavy themes with a light touch.
John Powers reviewed Endling, the virtuosic debut novel by Maria Reva, a Canadian writer who was born in Ukraine. Starting out as a straightforward story about a Ukrainian biologist, this witty, shape...
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Endling, the debut novel by Maria Reva, was praised for its darkcomic blend of environmental ruin, war in Ukraine, and a quirky plot about a rogue ecologist and endangered snails, delivering heavy themes with a light touch.
John Powers reviewed Endling, the virtuosic debut novel by Maria Reva, a Canadian writer who was born in Ukraine. Starting out as a straightforward story about a Ukrainian biologist, this witty, shapeshifting book turns into something trickier and more interesting.
Endling takes on bleak subjects, environmental ruin, the business in Brides, the war in Ukraine, and dresses them up in playful irony. Its heroine, Yeva, is a rogue ecologist who lives in a mobile lab and spends her time collecting and housing snails facing extinction.
Endling leaves you asking one painful question. When creatures or nations are fighting for their very existence, shouldn't we try to help them?