El nuevo libro del aclamado autor de «Muerte con ping ino
Finalista en la categor a de traducciones del National Book Critics Circle Awards 2023
La conmovedora odisea de un apicultor entre dos bandos de la guerra, por Andr i Kurkov, «un Bulg kov contempor neo. ...] Un Murakami ucraniano (The Guardian), «un Kafka postsovi tico (Daily Telegraph), «todo un cl sico (El Pa s) traducido en sesenta y cinco pa ses.

En Malaia Starogradovka, un pueblo de apenas tres calles en la zona gris de Ucrania, la tierra de nadie disputada en 2014 entre las fuerzas ucranianas y los separatistas prorrusos, solo quedan dos residentes: Sergu i Sergueich, inspector de seguridad retirado convertido en apicultor, y Pashka Jmelenko, amigo y rival suyo desde sus d as de escuela. Sin electricidad, con poca comida y con la constante amenaza de los bombardeos, el nico placer que le queda a Sergueich son sus abejas, adormiladas por el invierno. Con la llegada de la primavera, tendr que alejarlas de la zona gris para que puedan recolectar su polen en paz, una misi n que lo llevar a conocer a combatientes y civiles de ambos lados de la l nea de batalla. Su bondad y su impecable br jula moral ir n desarmando a todos los que se crucen en su camino, convirtiendo la salvaci n de sus abejas en una met fora sobre la vida en tiempos de guerra.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Ukraine's most famous novelist dramatizes the conflict raging in his country through the adventures of a mild-mannered beekeeper. From the author of the bestselling Death and the Penguin.

A National Book Critics Circle Awards 2023 Translation Prize finalist.

"A latter-day Bulgakov . . . A Ukrainian Murakami" -Phoebe Taplin, Guardian

Little Starhorodivka, a village of three streets, lies in Ukraine's Grey Zone, the no-man's-land between loyalist and separatist forces. Thanks to the lukewarm war of sporadic violence and constant propaganda that has been dragging on for years, only two residents remain: retired safety inspector turned beekeeper Sergey Sergeyich and Pashka, a "frenemy" from his schooldays.

With little food and no electricity, under ever-present threat of bombardment, Sergeyich's one remaining pleasure is his bees. As spring approaches, he knows he must take them far from the Grey Zone so they can collect their pollen in peace. This simple mission on their behalf introduces him to combatants and civilians on both sides of the battle lines: loyalists, separatists, Russian occupiers, and Crimean Tatars. Wherever he goes, Sergeyich's childlike simplicity and strong moral compass disarm everyone he meets.

But could these qualities be manipulated to serve an unworthy cause, spelling disaster for him, his bees, and his country?

Grey Bees is as timely as the author's Ukraine Diaries were in 2014, but treats the unfolding crisis in a more imaginative way, with a pinch of Kurkov's signature humor. Who better than Ukraine's most famous novelist -who writes in Russian -toilluminate and present a balanced portrait of this most bewildering of modern conflicts?

Abejas Grises / Grey Bees - nidottu, espanja, 2023