The Radius of Fragility

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The mid-2000s. In a dreary single-industry town, life feels like a daily, almost silent battle just to survive. Here, lies serve as a shield, trust is rare, and hopelessness becomes a cramped cage from which neither adults nor those who are about to finish the local school can escape. And yet there is a thin, vulnerable line connecting two people: Senya, the daughter of a visiting inspector, and her classmate nicknamed Frost.

Frost is an outsider among his own. By day he tries not to catch anyone’s eye, and at night he turns into a skilled gamer who earns money. Something gnaws at him—a secret too heavy to talk about. Senya, meanwhile, constantly balances between a “normal” life and the role of outcast. Every day she faces the same choice: again refuse herself for the approval of the class, or take a risk and stay herself. What supports her is only correspondence with her sister on “A/S” and her favorite songs—Animal ДжаZ and Splin.

“Radius of Fragility” is a novel about teenage loneliness, about cruelty built into the system, and about that painful point where real closeness appears—where fragility suddenly turns into strength.

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