Pioneer summer : a novel / Elena Malisova & Kateryna Sylvanova ; translated from the Russian by Anne O. Fisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malisova, Elena, author.

Silʹvanova, Katerina, author.

Contributor:

Fisher, Anne O., translator.

Standardized Title:

Leto v pionerskom galstuke. English

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Gay teenagers--Soviet Union--Fiction.

Gay teenagers.

Youth--Soviet Union--Fiction.

Youth.

Camps--Soviet Union--Fiction.

Camps.

Homosexuality--Soviet Union--Fiction.

Homosexuality.

Homosexuality--Russia (Federation)--Fiction.

Summer--Fiction.

Summer.

Children--Soviet Union--Fiction.

Children.

Genre:

Romance fiction.

Gay fiction.

Queer fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

444 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

English-language edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Abrams Press, 2025.

Summary:

"The year is 1986, and Yurka Konev, 16, has been sent off for another summer at Pioneer Camp. Impulsive, forthright, and unfairly branded as a troublemaker, he anticipates the weeks ahead of him with boredom and dread. But when he's pushed into working on the camp's theater production, he meets serious, thoughtful troop leader Volodya. Yurka finds himself drawn to the slightly older boy, and, surprisingly, Volodya seems to like him, too. The two boys grow closer and closer, and though both fear the consequences of their illegal attraction, its gravity pulls them together. Now, 20 years later, Yury returns to the abandoned camp to reminisce on the relationship that changed his life forever--and discovers that not all history is destined to remain in the past."--Amazon.

Notes:

"Originally published in Russia in 2021 by Popcorn Books as Leto v pionerskom galstuke."--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9781419773105

1419773100

OCLC:

1451787889

Publisher Number:

90102399955