{"product_id":"the-hottest-dishes-of-the-tartar-cuisine-9781609450069","title":"The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In this acidly funny novel\" of life in Soviet Russia, \"a cruel comic romp ends as a surprisingly winning story of hardship and resilience\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA German Book Award Finalist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Favorite Read of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Rosa Achmetowna discovers that her seventeen-year-old daughter, Sulfia, is pregnant, she tries every bizarre home remedy there is to thwart the pregnancy. But despite her best efforts, the baby girl Aminat is born--and immediately wins Rosa's heart. The dark-eyed Aminat is a Tartar through and through, just like Rosa, and the devious grandmother wastes no time in plotting to steal her away from the woefully inept Sulfia.\u003cbr\u003eWhen Aminat, now a wild and willful teenager, catches the eye of a sleazy German cookbook writer researching Tartar cuisine, Rosa is quick to broker a deal that will guarantee all three women a passage out of the Soviet Union. But as soon as they are settled in the West, the dysfunctional ties that bind mother, daughter, and grandmother begin to fray.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlina Bronsky\u003c\/b\u003e's first novel, \u003ci\u003eBroken Glass Park, \u003c\/i\u003ewas a finalist for one of Europe's most celebrated literary awards, the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize. It was hailed by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003eas a \"riveting debut,\" while the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe \u003c\/i\u003edescribed it as \"a vivid depiciton of contemporary adolescence under pressure.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine, \u003c\/i\u003enominated for the prestigious German Book Prize, is her second novel. She lives in Germany. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Mohr \u003c\/b\u003eis a former Berlin club DJ whose previous translations include \u003ci\u003eBroken Glass Park\u003c\/i\u003e, Charlotte Roche's \u003ci\u003eWetlands\u003c\/i\u003e, and Dorothea Dieckmann's \u003ci\u003eGuantanamo, \u003c\/i\u003efor which he won the Three Percent award for best translation of 2007. He collaborated with Duff McKagan on \u003ci\u003eIt's So Easy (and other lies), \u003c\/i\u003eMcKagan's forthcoming memoir.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50505570025746,"sku":"9781609450069","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f18193e7-0490-4cd1-b5c1-48f46a4a233a.jpg?v=1750159249","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hottest-dishes-of-the-tartar-cuisine-9781609450069","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}