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Vita nostra / by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko ; translation by Julia Meitov Hersey.

DiÍ¡achenko, Marina, (author.). DiÍ¡achenko, Serhiĭ, 1945-2022 (author.). Hersey, Julia Meitov, (translator.).

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"While vacationing at the beach with her mother, Sasha Samokhina meets the mysterious Farit Kozhennikov under the most peculiar circumstances. The teenage girl is powerless to refuse when this strange and unusual man with an air of the sinister directs her to perform a task with potentially scandalous consequences. He rewards her effort with a strange golden coin. As the days progress, Sasha carries out other acts for which she receives more coins from Kozhennikov. As summer ends, her domineering mentor directs her to move to a remote village and use her gold to enter the Institute of Special Technologies. Though she does not want to go to this unknown town or school, she also feels it's the only place she should be. Against her mother's wishes, Sasha leaves behind all that is familiar and begins her education. As she quickly discovers, the institute's "special technologies" are unlike anything she has ever encountered. The books are impossible to read, the lessons obscure to the point of maddening, and the work refuses memorization. Using terror and coercion to keep the students in line, the school does not punish them for their transgressions and failures; instead, their families pay a terrible price. Yet despite her fear, Sasha undergoes changes that defy the dictates of matter and time; experiences which are nothing she has ever dreamed of... and suddenly all she could ever want."--Front jacket flap.

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  • ISBN: 9780062694591
  • ISBN: 0062694596
  • ISBN: 9780063054158
  • ISBN: 0063054159
  • ISBN: 9780008272852
  • ISBN: 0008272859
  • Physical Description: 406 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Harper Voyager edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018.

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"A novel"--Dust jacket.

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Psychological fiction.
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