This is an epic deserving comparison to the Russian masterworks - not for its size, but for its scope, not for its subject, but for the sweep with which it meets it. Thebrilliant Janet Fitch has written yet another powerful, kaleidoscopic novel.'- Cynthia Bond, author of Ruby, 'Fitch narrows theRussian Revolution to one woman's perspective, crafting a gorgeous epic that'sa must-read for historical fiction fans.'- Frannie Jackson, Paste Magazine, 'In this lusty and intelligent novel, Fitch brilliantly entwines the blooming of a teenage girl with the bursting ofa country, and tells their story with such intensity and urgency you can nearly hear the thundering hoofbeats of time and feel the shaking through the pages. Poets, artists, profiteers, soldiers, cult leaders, sadists, idealists,blood, sex, hope all piecing together in a new life, a new country. It crashes and each brilliant shard lifts andswirls. Fitch has expertly drawn the world of Russia in 1916 influrries of white, like an exquisite snow globe, and then nudged it to the edge of a precipice, until in onejarring push, it falls.

Janet Fitch is a wonderful writer and this might be her best book.'- David Ebershoff,author of The Danish Girl and The 19th Wife, 'It's a portrait of amoment in time - of a woman in time, in fact - that we don't often see, and you'llfind yourself savoring each and every word of this breathtaking novel.'- Chelsea Hassler, PopSugar, 'Fitch catches and holds our interest through 800 pages,rewarding us with rich and provocative stories, compelling characters andliterary prose of the very highest order.'- Jonathan Kirsch, Jewish Journal, 'Incandescent. Marina is a female Zhivago - a poet who uses her intelligence, her passion, and her love of language to interpret and survive the political turmoil around her. takes us deep inside the Russian Revolution and lets us witness it through a pair of remarkable eyes.

'Marina's unlikelybildungsroman proves so gripping that it's hard to put down.Fitch depicts with devastating accuracy and imaginative power.sprawling, majestic.'- Ani Kokobobo, LA Review of Books, 'The resilient Marina has much in common withthe modern heroines of the author's previous books and is a protagonist worthfollowing.'- Publishers Weekly, ' The Revolution of Marina M.

Paint it Black by Janet Fitch