The Village at the Edge of Noon
$30.38
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
10 February 2026
Summary
What if summer never ends?
Everything you were afraid to find out about the heat of noon and grandma’s old tales comes together in this English language debut of an award-winning and bestselling young Russian writer.
The residents of a village outside Moscow wake up to discover that the road out to the motorway has disappeared without a trace and the usual paths into the woods somehow lead back into the village. And the woods? Overnight their weedy and rubbish-strewn copse has…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857669902 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0857669907 |
| Author: | Darya Bobyleva, Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse |
| Publisher: | Watkins Media Limited |
| Imprint: | Angry Robot |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 10 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 135mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“An age-old tale melded with the cosiness of the quotidian and multiplied by the greenly-scented, ancient call of the wild “
– Anna Zhuchkova, Literatura magazine
“Bobyleva’s novel is a complex linguistic spell that captures awe and wonder, fear and love, sacrifice and selfishness, all embodied in a few isolated cabins and their all-too-human owners.”
– Paul Di Filippo, Locus Magazine
Darya Bobyleva
Darya Bobyleva is a young Russian novelist, short story writer and poet. Her books have been shortlisted for major commercial awards in Russia and she has won two Russian language Horror and genre awards. Critics have compared her writing to authors as varied as Stephen King, Gogol and the Strugatsky Brothers.
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