- International Booker Prize 2026 · Shortlist · for the translation by Izidora Angel
She Who Remains
Остайница · Ostaynitsa
Rene Karabash (Рене Карабаш, born 1989)
Translated by Izidora Angel
English editions
In EnglishShe Who Remains
Peirene Press · United Kingdom · 10 February 2026 · Paperback · 160 pages
She Who Remains
Sandorf Passage · United States · 27 January 2026 · Paperback · 150 pages
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High in the Albanian mountains, villagers still live under the Kanun, a fifteenth-century code of ancient laws. Bekia sees, with pain, that what she wants most is out of her reach, so she swears to stay a virgin for life and takes on a man's role as head of the household. That choice unleashes a series of devastating events that wreck a family.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 164 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Albania
- First published
- 2018 by Janet 45
- Author's age
- 29 when first published
- ISBN
9786191864157 (original)
9789533515748 (Sandorf Passage, United States)
9781916806184 (Peirene Press, United Kingdom)