…In a girl’s dreams, the chosen one was completely different. Tall, slender, white-toothed philosopher-poet with delicate long fingers. And the Muscovite she followed through the metro was a strong dark-haired man. And his good presentation—his manners on a corner—interested Eve more than the laws of dialectics. But Eve knew one secret: men choose only after they’ve already been chosen…
This bright and stunning novella by Natalia Nesterova about immortal love, carried through countries and centuries, has not been reissued for over ten years for a series of reasons—and in that time it has become even more relevant and piercing. And now, at last, it returns to readers!