Summary
Alisa Ganieva: The Groom and the Bride
Marat, a young lawyer, returns from Moscow to his native village in Dagestan, and his parents have already booked a salon for a wedding party, although they still haven't found a suitable bride for their son. Patja, who also returns to her parents' house from Moscow, tries to escape from Timur, with whom she corresponded in the previous months, but who in reality turned out to be completely different. To the joy of her parents, Timur expressed his desire to propose to her, but Patja tries with all her might to avoid the unfortunate situation in which she found herself. In the general chaos of gossip and love, religious, political and cultural tensions and disputes that occupy the locals, Marat's and Patja's paths cross and they fall in love. Greed, corruption, personality cults, lust and desire for power leave their mark on the destinies of all heroes. How much space is there left for personal happiness in such a world?
Alisa Ganijeva, one of the most interesting voices of contemporary Russian literature, writes this multi-layered story about love and fate, both in gentle and somewhat angry and rebellious language. Her writing, rich in dialogue and comic, often bizarre scenes, shows us a picture of a society in which East and West collide, modern and traditional, personal and collective.
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