“What begins as a cruel comic romp ends as a surprisingly winning story of hardship and resilience.”—The New Yorker

The story of three women tangled up in a family dynamic at turns hilarious and tragic.

When Rosa Achmetowna discovers that her seventeen-year-old daughter Sulfia is pregnant, she tries every bizarre home remedy to thwart the pregnancy. But despite her best efforts, the baby girl is born—and immediately wins Rosa’s heart. Dark-eyed Aminat is a Tartar through and through, just like Rosa, who wastes no time in plotting to steal her away from Sulfia.

When Aminat, now a willful teenager, catches the eye of a sleazy German cookbook writer researching Tartar cuisine, Rosa is quick to broker a deal that will guarantee all three women passage out of the Soviet Union. But as soon as they are settled in the West, the ties that bind mother, daughter, and grandmother begin to fray.

“Alina Bronsky writes with a gritty authenticity and unputdownable propulsion.”—Vogue

Alina Bronsky
The Daily Beast calls Alina Bronsky "an exciting new voice in the literary world." Bronsky is the author of Broken Glass Park and The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine, which was named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. Born in Yekaterinburg, an industrial town at the foot of the Ural Mountains in central Russia, Bronsky now lives in Berlin.

• Aug 25 2015
  Flavorwire’s 22 Essential Women Writers to Read in Translation: THE HOTTEST DISHES OF THE TARTAR CUISINE
  
• Jun 1 2015
  Women’s World Cup of Literature from Three Percent features THE HOTTEST DISHES OF THE TARTAR CUISINE.
  
• May 15 2015
  OfftheShelf.com: "lina Bronsky is versatile, her prose taking the reader through family feuds, marital strife, gender inequality, and light political commentary with humor while still seriously weighing all issues considered."
  
• Apr 9 2014
  Academic Critique from UC Berkeley's Multicultural Germany Project
  
• Oct 19 2011
  Rain Taxi: "Extremely entertaining."
  
• Sep 19 2011
  The Millions: "[Rose is] one of the most fascinating women in the world."