by Alina Bronsky · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782330005306
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«Cuisine tatare et descendance» is the novel by Alina Bronsky, published by Actes Sud in paperback (330 pages, in French).
In the USSR of the 1980s, Rosalinda, a Tatar woman of iron character, faces the country's material and spiritual misery with cunning. When her daughter Sulfia becomes pregnant without knowing by whom, Rosalinda tries to prevent it, but ends up a devoted grandmother who raises her granddaughter Aminat amid tricks and unusual trials to improve her family's fortunes, until the girl grows up and stops being fooled.
The novel, translated from German by Isabelle Liber, is a family chronicle spanning several decades, featuring three women. Originally published in 2010 as «Die schärfsten Gerichte der tatarischen Küche», it was nominated for the Deutscher Buchpreis.
For readers of literary fiction seeking a family story with humour, memorable female characters and a portrait of life in the USSR, with an emigration backdrop.
Alina Bronsky is a Russian-born German writer. Her books have been published in more than 15 countries, including the US and Italy, in both print and audio formats. Her debut novel Scherbenpark (2008), or Broken Glass Park (2010), has received wide critical acclaim.
