Somewhere near Grosseto

Marina Stepnova “Somewhere Beneath Grosseto” is a new audiobook by the author of the cult novel “The Women of Lazarus.”

“Somewhere Beneath Grosseto” is a collection of stories about people who aren’t usually noticed. Nobody pays attention to them—but that doesn’t mean they stop being human. Often they are small, and even more often—unlucky. Yet Marina Stepnova’s heroes, again and again, find the courage to live, to believe, and to be happy. Just like all of us. These delicate, piercing, and virtuously written stories captivate and draw you in literally from the very first words.

Marina Stepnova is a prose writer, author of the novels “The Surgeon,” “The Women of Lazarus,” and “Godless Lane,” as well as stories that willingly get printed by magazines such as “Snob,” “Novy Mir,” “Znamya,” and others. Stepnova’s books have been translated into more than twenty languages. “The Women of Lazarus” became popular in Russia and abroad, and also won a number of major literary awards, including the “Big Book” prize.