Endling

And I find it has to be a really good book to drag me.

And, like, Endling I read.

And it's just been put on the fucking Booker long list of, you know, that, like, big fancy list.

Endling is about these people in Ukraine.

And it sounds amazing.

They, like, it's about the mail order bride thing.

We are neutrally reporting the narratives these specific authors have constructed just to examine how fiction attempts to process the geopolitical headlines we see every day.

With that framework in mind, let's look at how Maria Reva tackles the conflict in Ukraine with her novel Endling.

Reva, who was born in Ukraine, constructs a deeply layered, almost absurdly human narrative against the backdrop of war.

We follow Yeva, a dedicated scientist whose sole passion in life is breeding highly endangered rare snails.