Новинки Моны Авад

In the cult classic novel Bunny, Samatha Heather Mackey, a lonely outsider student at a highly selective MFA program in New England, was first ostracized and then seduced by a clique of creepy-sweet rich girls who call themselves “Bunny.” An invitation to the Bunnies’ Smut Salon leads Samantha down a dark rabbit hole (pun intended) into the violently surreal world of their off-campus workshops where monstrous creations are conjured with deadly and wondrous consequences. When We Love You, Bunny opens, Sam has just published her first novel to critical acclaim. But at a New England stop on her book tour, her one-time frenemies, furious at…

Саманта — стипендіатка «найвинятковішої» магістерської програми з літератури у Ворренському університеті. Цього семестру її група — четверо нудотно солодкавих багатійок, які називають одна одну Зайчиками й поводяться так, наче вони одне ціле. Звісно, відлюдниця Саманта для них лише аутсайдерка. Та все змінюється, коли вона отримує від одногрупниць запрошення на легендарний Салон непристойностей і виявляє, що її незбагненним чином вабить до цих дівчат. Заради них Саманта ладна навіть покинути свою єдину подругу Аву. Відкриваючи для себе зловісний і водночас принадний світ Зайчиків, вона долучається до ритуальної майстерні, де гламурні…

Саманта — стипендіатка «найвинятковішої» магістерської програми з літератури у Ворренському університеті. Цього семестру її група — четверо нудотно солодкавих багатійок, які називають одна одну Зайчиками й поводяться так, наче вони одне ціле. Звісно, відлюдниця Саманта для них лише аутсайдерка. Та все змінюється, коли вона отримує від одногрупниць запрошення на легендарний Салон непристойностей і виявляє, що її незбагненним чином вабить до цих дівчат. Заради них Саманта ладна навіть покинути свою єдину подругу Аву. Відкриваючи для себе зловісний і водночас принадний світ Зайчиків, вона долучається до ритуальної майстерні, де гламурні…

From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother’s unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty. Can she escape her mother’s fate—and find a connection that is more than skin deep? For as long as she can remember, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies, Belle finds herself back in Southern California, dealing with her mother’s considerable debts and grappling with lingering questions about her death. The stakes escalate when a strange…

Миранда Фитч - преподаватель в колледже и блестящая актриса в прошлом. Ее карьера была разрушена несчастным случаем: она буквально свалилась со сцены. И теперь у нее болит спина. Жизнь Миранды - это работа на умирающем факультете театральных искусств и борьба с зависимостью от обезболивающих. Несмотря на это, она хочет поставить со студентами самую неоднозначную пьесу Шекспира "Все хорошо, что хорошо кончается". Вот только не всем эта идея по душе. Так начинается наше путешествие по искаженному миру Миранды, сотканному из хронической боли и недопонимания. Диапазон аллюзий Моны Авад простирается от Шекспировских пьес до "Страха и…

«Довольно, Елена, довольно, не плачь. Не то подумают, что ты не столько чувствуешь горе, сколько выказываешь его». – Уильям Шекспир «Всё хорошо, что хорошо кончается».
Диапазон аллюзий Моны Авад простирается от шекспировских пьес до «Страха и отвращения в Лас-Вегасе» Хантера Томпсона и «Иствикских ведьм» Джона Апдайка, сочетая в себе остроумную сатиру, иронию, черный юмор и магический реализм.
Миранда – преподаватель в колледже и блестящая актриса в прошлом. Ее карьера была разрушена несчастным случаем – она буквально свалилась со сцены. Теперь у нее болит спина. Спина и ноги. И бедра. На самом деле боль повсюду. Несмотря ни на что, ее цель – поставить со своими студентами самую неоднозначную пьесу Шекспира «Всё хорошо, что хорошо кончается» вместо любимого театрами «Макбета». Так начинается это путешествие по искаженным реальностям Миранды, сюрреалистическое исследование хронической боли, темы дружбы и силы женского начала.

From the author of Bunny, which Margaret Atwood hails as “genius,” comes a “wild, and exhilarating” (Lauren Groff) novel about a theater professor who is convinced staging Shakespeare’s most maligned play will remedy all that ails her—but at what cost? Miranda Fitch’s life is a waking nightmare. The accident that ended her burgeoning acting career left her with excruciating chronic back pain, a failed marriage, and a deepening dependence on painkillers. And now, she’s on the verge of losing her job as a college theater director. Determined to put on Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well, the play that promised and cost her everything,…

From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny, a darkly funny novel about a theater professor suffering chronic pain, who in the process of staging a troubled production of Shakespeare’s most maligned play, suddenly and miraculously recovers. Miranda Fitch’s life is a waking nightmare. The accident that ended her burgeoning acting career left her with excruciating, chronic back pain, a failed marriage, and a deepening dependence on painkillers. And now she’s on the verge of losing her job as a college theater director. Determined to put on Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well, the play that promised, and cost, her everything, she…

Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny," and seem to move and speak as one.

But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled "Smut Salon," and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching her only friend, Ava, in the process. As Samantha plunges deeper and deeper into the Bunnies' sinister yet saccharine world, beginning to take part in the ritualistic off-campus "Workshop" where they conjure their monstrous creations, the edges of reality begin to blur. Soon, her friendships with Ava and the Bunnies will be brought into deadly collision.

We call them Bunnies because that is what they call each other. Seriously. Bunny. Samantha Heather Mackey is an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at Warren University. In fact, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort – a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other 'Bunny'. But then the Bunnies issue her with an invitation and Samantha finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door, across the threshold, and down their rabbit hole. Blending sharp satire with fairytale horror, Bunny is a spellbinding trip of a novel from one of fiction's most original new voices.

Саманта — студентка претенциозного Университета Уоррена. Она предпочитает свое темное воображение обществу большинства людей и презирает однокурсниц – богатых и невыносимо кукольных девушек, называющих друг друга Зайками. Все меняется, когда она получает от них приглашение на вечеринку и необъяснимым образом не может отказаться. Саманта все глубже погружается в сладкий и зловещий мир Заек, и вот уже их тайны – ее тайны. «Зайка» — завораживающий и дерзкий роман о неравенстве и одиночестве, дружбе и желании, фантастической и ужасной силе воображения, о самой природе творчества.

Samantha Heather Mackey couldn't be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England's Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort--a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other "Bunny," and seem to move and speak as one.

But everything changes when Samantha receives an invitation to the Bunnies' fabled "Smut Salon," and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching her only friend, Ava, in the process. As Samantha plunges deeper and deeper into the Bunnies' sinister yet saccharine world, beginning to take part in the ritualistic off-campus "Workshop" where they conjure their monstrous creations, the edges of reality begin to blur. Soon, her friendships with Ava and the Bunnies will be brought into deadly collision.

The spellbinding new novel from one of our most fearless chroniclers of the female experience, Bunny is a down-the-rabbit-hole tale of loneliness and belonging, friendship and desire, and the fantastic and terrible power of the imagination.

A darkly funny, deeply resonant, and exquisitely written literary debut, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl is the story of one woman’s journey from fat adolescence to an ex-fat adulthood, as she seeks love and acceptance from everyone except herself.

Growing up in the suburban hell of Misery Saga (a.k.a. Mississauga), Lizzie has never liked the way she looks—even though her best friend Mel says she’s the pretty one. She starts dating guys online, but she’s afraid to send pictures, even when her skinny friend China does her makeup: she knows no one would want her if they could really see her. So she starts to lose weight. With punishing drive, she counts almonds consumed, miles logged, pounds dropped. She fights her way into coveted dresses. She grows up and gets thin, navigating double-edged validation from her mother, her friends, her husband, her reflection in the mirror. But no matter how much she loses, will she ever see herself as anything other than a fat girl?

In her brilliant, hilarious, and at times shocking debut, Mona Awad simultaneously skewers the body image–obsessed culture that tells women they have no value outside their physical appearance, and delivers a tender and moving depiction of a lovably difficult young woman whose life is hijacked by her struggle to conform. As caustically funny as it is heartbreaking, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl introduces a vital new voice in fiction.

Growing up in the suburban hell of Misery Saga (a.k.a. Mississauga), Lizzie has never liked the way she looks—even though her best friend Mel says she’s the pretty one. She starts dating guys online, but she’s afraid to send pictures, even when her skinny friend China does her makeup: she knows no one would want her if they could really see her. So she starts to lose. With punishing drive, she counts almonds consumed, miles logged, pounds dropped. She fights her way into coveted dresses. She grows up and gets thin, navigating double-edged validation from her mother, her friends, her husband, her reflection in the mirror. But no matter how…