So this week I was reading Vita Nostra, by the Ukrainian authors Marina Dyachenko & Sergey Dyachenko, with a translation by Julia Meitov Hersey. The premise of this book is, basically, that a seemingly ordinary girl, Sasha Samokhina, meets a mysterious figure named Farit who informs her (more or less; more less than more) that:
- Magic is real; and
- She has to go to a remote college to learn it. Like, literally has to. They won’t let her not.*
If you are thinking, Oh, I’ve read this story before … Trust me, you haven’t.
Viscosity 