The world is full of secrets. But in our everyday, busy lives we forget about it. And only in moments of relative calm—somewhere in the mountains or by a riverbank—we suddenly feel an indescribable sense of beauty and harmony of the surrounding world. And of its eternal mystery, which hardly anyone is given to unravel.
The world described by Marianna Goncharova is, despite its immersion in everyday life, full of secrets. So the author’s new book—essentially her first novel—is above all about a secret. A secret kept by the legend-haunted Argidava: an ancient fortress on the Dniester’s shore. And about this—no, not that secret can be revealed, but even just to get closer to it is granted only to the one who comes there with a pure heart and good intentions.
It’s worth adding that, like all Goncharova’s books, «Argidava» reads in one breath. You’ll easily find out what that means as soon as you pick it up…