
* FINALIST FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE'S GREGG BARRIOS BOOK IN TRANSLATION PRIZE *
With your face covered, sneaking into a city...




In the mountainous city of Nevers, there lives a professor of literature called Q. He has a dull marriage and a lacklustre career, but also a scrumptious collection of antique dolls locked away in his cupboard. And soon Q lands his crowning acquisition: a music box ballerina...