
What Mari is cooking
by Saavedra Díaz

Bucharest, 1988. In a city where even books are burned for warmth, seventeen-year-old Constantin is trying to protect his younger sister from a world ruled by fear. When the secret police draw him into their quiet machinery, he tells himself it is only to survive. But when a trusted bookseller — a close friend of his late parents — is put on trial for treason, Constantin must confront the cost of obedience and decide where his loyalty truly lies.