Tamara Kryukova is a recognized author of modern prose for children and teenagers. In her new series, “Big Novels,” she turns to stories intended for adult readers for the first time.
Pavel felt that after a long and difficult journey, luck had finally turned toward him. His books resonated with readers, his relationship with his wife had become warmer and more trusting, and his new novel—on which he had been working for two years—promised to become a true bestseller… Until one accidental meeting wipes everything out.
In a café, an unknown woman leaves an old folder with yellowed pages in front of him—and Pavel recognizes lines he has memorized. It is his text. Only the novel he had been writing for two years already exists—word for word—and was created forty years ago.
What is it: an incredible coincidence, someone else’s provocation, or a sign that he himself doesn’t understand something about himself? Trying to protect his name and figure out where the line lies between truth and self-deception, Pavel begins searching for the source of the mysterious manuscript—and sinks deeper and deeper into his own past, in which, it seems, a long-unnoticed glitch has already taken place.
“Plagiator is an intellectually driven novel with the tension of a psychological thriller and the power of personal drama; an open conversation about the midlife crisis and the right to a second chance. A book you can’t put down from start to finish.” — Alisa Tsygankova, editor