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This is not a story of one world, but of the fracture between them. In a society dominated by a gilded, watchful power, identity is dictated by the color of your uniform—blue, green, pale yellow—and the invisible scripts that come with it. Over ten years of quiet descent, choices are made not in freedom, but in the stark silence of locked rooms.
The narrative unfolds in a relentless dance between English and Russian, mirroring the split consciousness of its characters. It moves from the cold clarity of instruction to the chaotic nightmare of its execution, exploring the ornate cages we build, the silent selections we face, and the monsters that are rarely the ones we were taught to fear.
At its heart, it is a tale of the terrifying courage required to forget in order to live another hour, another day. It’s about the ghost of memory and the self you must become to survive.
For readers of speculative literary fiction and dystopian allegory, this novel offers a chilling, linguistically innovative journey into the anatomy of control and the fragile human spirit that endures within it.
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About the author
Kobel Yuval is a writer and artist drawn to the fractures in language, power, and identity. Their work often explores the spaces between states—be they linguistic, psychological, or political—and the hidden architectures of control that shape human lives. With a background that informs a deep engagement with the textures of English and Russian, Yuval crafts narratives that are as much felt experiences as they are read stories. They are interested in the ghosts of memory, the weight of silence, and the unsettling beauty found in stark, bureaucratic landscapes.
Learning is their debut novel.
