When God Was a Rabbit

8 hrs. 29 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Sarah Winman

Narrator Larisa Luganskaya

Description

First in Russian— the most touching literary debut of recent years: a spellbinding, fragile-beauty story about childhood and growing up, about love and friendship in all conceivable forms, and about quiet heroism in the face of tragedy. It’s no wonder Sara Winman has already been nicknamed “the English John Irving,” and her novel has been compared to “The Hotel New Hampshire.”

A novel about a girl, Ellie, and her brother Joe, their parents, and her friend Jenny Penny—about the guests arriving at a hotel lost in the picturesque Welsh countryside and becoming part of the family. It’s also about the limits of necessary self-defense and about a rabbit named God. The action of this unique family chronicle spans several decades, and at the end Ellie remembers what has passed: “About the witness of my soul, about my childhood shadow, about those times when dreams were small and achievable. When candies cost a penny, and God was a rabbit.”