Mariya is a transgressive debut by Milha Vek. Set in Eastern Europe, it tells the story of children who were only taught to slaughter.

Dark psychological fiction with a sense of traumatic humour.

Mariya fled her emotionally cauterized mother after watching her absent father die. Milha immigrated to Austria after finding his father with a knife in his chest. Both knew about love but never witnessed it firsthand. After meeting in Vienna, Mariya and Milha formed an unhealthy relationship.

Inheritance usually suggests something you can keep. They inherited pustota, an emptiness molded to the contours of what should have been there.

"The writing's simple, bordering on sparse, and allows each moment the room it deserves to breathe... It's full of trauma, love, found family, and social commentary... I don't think a review can convey how masterfully done it all is." -- Sadie, Goodreads Review

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