To the Lake: A 2021 FT and Herald Book of the Year

by Yana Vagner

Overview

A 2021 FT and Herald Book of the Year

A deadly flu epidemic sweeps through Moscow, killing hundreds of thousands. Anya and her husband Sergey decide they have no choice but to flee to a lake in the far north of Russia.

Joining them on their journey are her son and father-in-law; Sergey's ex-wife and son; and their garish neighbours. But then some friends of Sergey show up to complete Anya's list of people she'd least like to be left with at the end of the civilised world.

As the wave of infection expands from the capital, their food and fuel start to run low. Menaced both by the harsh Russian winter and by the desperate people they encounter, they must put their hatreds behind them if they're to have a chance of reaching safety…

Inspired by a real-life flu epidemic in Moscow, To the Lake was a number one bestseller in Russia, and has now appeared in a dozen languages and been adapted into a Netflix TV series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781800750425
Publisher:	Swift Press
Publication date:	09/02/2021
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	432
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Yana Vagner lives in Moscow with her husband, teenage son and three dogs. Before becoming a writer, she worked as an interpreter, radio presenter and logistics manager. To the Lake was a number one bestseller in Russia, and has now appeared in a dozen languages.

Yana Vagner lives in Moscow with her husband, teenage son and three dogs. She started writing To the Lake as a weekly blog, at a time when a flu epidemic swept through Moscow, and the story had already attracted thousands of readers before it was turned into a best-selling novel in Russia.