Games

At twenty-two, Lili has stronger opinions than one would expect for her age: astrology, socialism, veganism, or the excesses of late capitalism – everything is a topic for debate. However, when a tall, mysterious stranger offers her a drink at a Financial District bar, she seems to find someone on her level. Aleksandr is extremely intelligent and disconcertingly self-assured. Having fled the former Soviet Union before the fall of the regime, he is also twenty years older, a native Capricorn, a staunch neoliberal capitalist, and a fervent advocate of the free market. He constantly challenges her. And she can't stay away.

Over an intense summer in New York, Lili and Aleksandr grow closer, despite their differences, discovering surprisingly common experiences. What starts as a casual relationship – intense sex, moments when Lili doesn't have to think – quickly transforms into an unexpected intimacy, at times overwhelming, at others, devastating. As Lili tries to understand herself and the complex threads that connect her ambition, pain, and desire, she will have to decide: is it worth risking everything for the possibility of something more?

Book Details:

• Author: Anna Maria Volkova
• Publisher: Marcador Editora
• Number of Pages: 408