{"product_id":"the-other-side-hardcover","title":"The Other Side - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDarina Anisimova\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story takes place in the present day, in a fictional village on the border between Russia and Latvia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a century ago, the villagers made a pact with a powerful witch: for decades, she has granted the community stability and prosperity in exchange for human sacrifices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe main characters are three students from the Faculty of Philology who set out on an annual folklore research trip. The young women fall into a trap where reality cannot always be distinguished from nightmarish dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey have no idea that one of them is destined to vanish in the forest, becoming yet another victim of the witch. And her friends must face a grave moral choice - return home and pretend nothing happened, or break the existing order at the cost of their own lives. Each heroine must confront her own inner demons: vanity, dogmatism, and selfishness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the novel, the girls reflect on the nature of evil and faith in God, free will and predestination, social experiments and human hypocrisy, and on the price people are willing to pay for a comfortable life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisguised as folk horror, The Other Side simultaneously mirrors contemporary Russian reality. It is not merely a story about a witch, but a meditation on the eternal questions of human existence a psychological and philosophical horror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46153927622842,"sku":"9781969268212","price":17.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/5727\/8650\/files\/dtuD2fzOvx9781969268212.webp?v=1783939820","url":"https:\/\/thebookloversatlas.com\/products\/the-other-side-hardcover","provider":"The Book Lover's Atlas","version":"1.0","type":"link"}