Endling A Novel

Maria Reva, Max Meyers, Saskia Maarleveld

eAudio - 2025

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE • FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARDS Set in Ukraine, an eccentric scientist breeding rare snails crosses paths with sisters posing as members of the marriage industry to find their activist mother. As Russia invades, they embark on a wild journey with kidnapped bachelors and a last-of-its-kind snail. This darkly comic novel explores survival, love, and hope in times of encroaching darkness. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE WASHINGTON POST, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY “Startling and ambitious.”—New York Times • “Virtuosic.”—NP...R, Fresh Air • “Brilliant and heart-stopping.”—Los Angeles TimesUkraine, 2022. Yeva is a loner... more