The Goat Hurries to the Forest

A small Bashkir town, the end of the 90s.

Lesya, nicknamed Tatarka, studies at a food institute, writes a novel about a lady-in-waiting and palace intrigues, and devours Balzac. She hides in books from the reality where her mother is in prison, her father is absent, and her two grandmothers, Lyuska and Khayаtka, would gladly cast a curse on each other. But when she tries to see storylines from books in ordinary life, Lesya—against her will—is pulled into a dangerous story…

“Goat Rushes Into the Forest” is a touching, funny, and painfully recognizable story about an unfulfilled childhood. It will appeal to fans of Ian McEwan’s novel “Atonement” and the series “The Word of the Guys.”