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Endling

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE AND WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE
By Maria Reva
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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, IRISH TIMES, BBC, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, GOOD... Read More
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The acclaimed Booker Prize-longlisted novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary Ukraine

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025
WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE
WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, IRISH TIMES, BBC, WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

An unforgettable debut novel about the journey of three women and one extremely endangered snail through contemporary Ukraine.

'A fierce and funny road-trip novel' - GUARDIAN, the 50 hottest books to read right now.

'Inventive and playful' - SUNDAY TIMES

'A stunning debut' - OBSERVER

'I was gripped . . . Brilliant' - DAILY MAIL

'A thrilling ride' - FINANCIAL TIMES

'A bold, brilliant, original, funny and devastating novel' - KATE MCLOUGHLIN, TLS

'Brilliant and heart-stopping' - LOS ANGELES TIMES

'Startling and ambitious' - NEW YORK TIMES

'Animated by dark humour and cool fury' - NEW YORKER

'Dexterous and formally inventive' - MARCEL THEROUX, GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY

Ukraine, 2022. Yeva is a maverick scientist who scours the country's forests and valleys, trying and failing to breed rare snails while her relatives urge her to settle down and start a family of her own. What they don't know: Yeva already dates plenty of menβ€”not for love, but to fund her workβ€”entertaining Westerners who come to Ukraine on guided romance tours believing they'll find docile brides untainted by feminism.

Nastia and her sister, Solomiya, are also entangled in the booming marriage industry, posing as a hopeful bride and her translator while secretly searching for their missing mother, who vanished after years of fierce activism against the romance tours.

So begins a journey of a lifetime across a country on the brink of war: three angry women, a truckful of kidnapped bachelors, and Lefty, a last-of-his-kind snail with one final shot at perpetuating his species.

LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE

FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS

'Fantastic . . . I love works that are smarter than I am and this is one' - PERCIVAL EVERETT, author of Booker-shortlisted JAMES

'Funny and smart, full of science, longing and adventure . . . This is essential reading' - ANN PATCHETT, bestselling author of TOM LAKE

'Heartbreaking, hilarious, profound, and vital' - LARA PRESCOTT, bestselling author of THE SECRETS WE KEEP

Book Details

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ISBN: 9780349012742

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Virago Press Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 352

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About the Author

Maria Reva was born in Ukraine and grew up in Canada. Her story collection, Good Citizens Need Not Fear, won the Kobzar Book Award and was a finalist for the Writers' Trust of Canada's Fiction Prize. Her writing has been featured in The Atlantic, Granta, The Best American Short Stories, and elsewhere. She also works as an opera librettist.

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