Demandez à Mietchka(en translation)

Lilitchka and Mietchka return to where it all began: an old house cut off from the world, overgrown with vegetation, memories, and silences. The two sisters are looking for a respite there, or perhaps a turning point. One hesitates to leave, the other to love.

Around them, generations cross paths: a grandmother at the end of her life, a mother who fears becoming in turn the guardian of what remains, a young girl, a cat, a few men, all arriving with their doubts, their stories, their pending choices.

In a highly acclaimed debut novel, Ievguenia Kouznetsova explores the invisible threads that connect us to others, and the way our lives are built in the wake of those who came before us. Ask Mietchka is a luminous and deeply human novel, where simple things gently remind us of what truly matters.