Tři jablka spadlá z nebe – Abgarjanová Narine (2023)

Anatolie Sevojancova, worn down by life, is preparing for death. She has no doubt that she has an incurable disease and that it will go quickly. However, fate has a completely different path in store for her... This captivating story of love and death takes place high in the mountains in the ancient stone village of Maran, which is connected to the outside world only by an outdated telegraph and a steep road. In the crumbling houses, only thirteen old women and eight old men remain, who did not want to leave the graves of their loved ones and move to the lowlands. Their lives unfold in harmony with nature and ancient traditions. Dreams, prophecies, miracles, and curses all have their place here. Into this closed world, the events of the tumultuous twentieth century break in – great purges, revolutions, famine, and wars that mark the fates of individuals and the entire village. Armenian author Narine Abgarjan weaves the real with the magical and, with gentle humor and immense tenderness, tells a universal story about how love always triumphs over death. And that miracles do happen. And that it is never too late for them... The novel Three Apples Fell from Heaven won the prestigious Russian literary award Yasnaya Polyana, has been translated into 14 languages, and achieved international success.