" a net as taut and intricate as any thriller plot but rich in detail about relationships, historical scars, and the specific and universal trials of being a woman." - Vulture
Phillips's luring writing will transform Kamchatka from a place you've never heard of to a place you never want to leave." - The Rumpus Reindeer herders, ballerinas, avalanches, volcanoes. "A miracle of structure, premise, and content, this ingenious debut spins out the narratives of twelve different women. "An addictive page turner." - Cosmopolitan
The ending of Disappearing Earth ignites an immediate desire to reread the chapters leading up to it." - The New Yorker But Phillips never stops tracing Disappearing Earth's arc, tilting her tapestry toward a singularly satisfying ending." -Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly As a series of character studies, it's brilliant. A knock-out." - Los Angeles Review of Books
"A sophisticated and powerful literary thriller. It's the strength of Phillips's writing, her careful attention to character and tone, that will grip you right up until the final heart-stopping pages." - Vanity Fair "Immensely moving." - The Wall Street Journal Rumors and rivalries, secrets and lies, all add up to a compelling portrayal of a community under siege." - People This mystery takes you to a scrappy ice-bound town in Russia's frozen north. Club, The New York Public Libraryįinalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prizeįinalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Louis Post-Dispatch, NPR, Real Simple, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, The A. The Washington Post, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, St. We are transported to vistas of rugged beauty-open expanses of tundra, soaring volcanoes, dense forests, the glassy seas that border Japan and Alaska-and into a region as complex as it is alluring, where social and ethnic tensions have long simmered, and where outsiders are often the first to be accused. Taking us through the year that follows, Disappearing Earth enters the lives of women and girls in this tightly knit community who are connected by the crime: a witness, a neighbor, a detective, a mother. One August afternoon, two sisters-Sophia, eight, and Alyona, eleven-go missing from a beach on the far-flung Kamchatka Peninsula in northeastern Russia. is a testament to the novel's power." - The New York Times Book Review Phillips's deep examination of loss and longing. Description INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - A propulsive, emotionally engaging debut novel about the intricate bonds of family and community, in a Russia unlike any we have seen before.
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