The Book of Emil

Emil can't sleep. Not at all. And his mother forgets everything from time to time, doesn't recognize her son and doesn't remember her own name. To help her, Emil has a ritual that must be followed to the last word.

The two of them move to a place where no one knows them - to a snowy island, where they have to live in a school. And one night, a phone rings in the empty school corridors. Emil picks up the phone and recognizes the voice of his brother who died several years ago: "Help me come back!".

But how do you bring back someone who died? How do you not lose yourself in worlds where there is a thin line between the possible and the impossible, and every mistake can cost you your life? What has Emil's mother really forgotten? And is it worth reminding her of this?

"The Book of Emil" is a new novel by Illarion Pavliuk, the author of the bestsellers "I See You're Interested in Darkness," "The Dance of the Fool," and "White Ashes."