“Has a commercial-fiction spring in its step.… Vardiashvili also has captured the winking, world-weary humor and magic-realist touches that mark a lot of literature from Europe’s war-torn corners.”
— Los Angeles Times
“The stakes could barely be higher in Leo Vardiashvili’s propulsive page-turner…It’s a spellbinding achievement.”
— The Financial Times
“This novel annihilated me.... Left my heart bruised and battered and aching for more.”
— Khaled Hosseini, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Kite Runner
“A book like no other, from an imagination like no other.”
— Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Less Is Lost
“Propulsive, funny, and profound.”
— Elif Batuman, Pulitzer Prize finalist and bestselling author of The Idiot
“Tender and raw and funny.”
— Colum McCann, National Book Award winning author of Let the Great World Spin
Hard by a Great Forest
Year
2024
Pages
352
Praise
“Has a commercial-fiction spring in its step.… Vardiashvili also has captured the winking, world-weary humor and magic-realist touches that mark a lot of literature from Europe’s war-torn corners.”
— Los Angeles Times
“The stakes could barely be higher in Leo Vardiashvili’s propulsive page-turner…It’s a spellbinding achievement.”
— The Financial Times
“This novel annihilated me.... Left my heart bruised and battered and aching for more.”
— Khaled Hosseini, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Kite Runner
“A book like no other, from an imagination like no other.”
— Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Less Is Lost
“Propulsive, funny, and profound.”
— Elif Batuman, Pulitzer Prize finalist and bestselling author of The Idiot
“Tender and raw and funny.”
— Colum McCann, National Book Award winning author of Let the Great World Spin
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