About the Author:

Robert Graves
England & Spain
Robert Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was a British poet, historical novelist, critic, and classicist. He has 55 collections of poetry to his name, 15 novels and 40 non-fiction works.

Robert Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was a British poet, historical novelist, critic, and classicist. He has 55 collections of poetry to his name, 15 novels and 40 non-fiction works.
When Clea returns to London with her new Russian husband, she is surprised to see him become even more eccentric.
A haunting dystopia some readers have called “the new 1984.” In a society where memory is rewritten and resistance is pre-approved, freedom isn’t restricted; it’s redefined. As systems evolve beyond human control and choice becomes a simulation, true defiance means refusing the script, even when the system already knows you will.
“13 short pieces…pungently convey the effects of growing up under a totalitarian regime.” .—Publishers Weekly
Original poetry by Nina Kossman, accompanied by a selection of poems by Marina Tsvetaeva, translated from Russian by Kossman. “The sea is a postcard,” writes Nina Kossman. There is both something elemental in this vision and—iron-tough.”
—Ilya Kaminsky