Out September 18, 2018. Buy from Two Dollar Radio or wherever you buy books!
Available in Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian and German.
Read about it:
-Shortlist: The 2020 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing.
-LA Times Finalist for Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction.
-Semi-Finalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award.
-Best of 2018 - Kirkus, Entropy, Buzzfeed, LitReactor, Lit Hub.
-Kirkus, Best Fiction of 2018, Best Debut of 2018, Starred Review.
-NPR: “'The Deeper The Water The Uglier The Fish' Is A Darkly Beautiful Debut.”
-The National Book Review: “5 Hot Books.”
-Huffington Post: “Good Stuff.”
-New York Magazine: "60 New Books to Read This Fall."
-Buzzfeed Books:
“This is the Best Fiction of 2018.”
"These Are the Best Books of Fall 2018."
“19 Amazing Books That Prove Indie Presses Deserve Your Attention”
-Harper's Bazaar: "The Best New Books to Read This September."
-GQ: “The 17 Best Books of 2018.”
-Shelf Awareness: “Book Review.”
-Lit Hub:
“The Ultimate Best Books of 2018 List.”
"The Ultimate Fall 2018 Books Preview.”
“The 12 Best Covers of September.”
-Fast Company: "...books to check out in September."
-Publisher's Weekly: "Writers to Watch Fall 2018: Anticipated Debuts."
-The Millions: "Most Anticipated: September."
"Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2018 Book Preview."
-Bustle:
"11 Most Anticipated Books Published By Indie Presses To Have On Your Radar In 2018."
“15 New Books With Fall-Colored Covers To Bring Some Autumn Fun To Your Nightstand.”
“The ‘35 over 35’ Award is Celebrating a Different Kind of Author.”
-Book Riot: "Upcoming Releases From My Favorite Small Presses."
“50 Must-Read Books You Might’ve Missed This Year.”
-The Writer Magazine: “The hottest fall 2018 fiction from debut authors.”
-Split Lip Magazine: “Book Review.”
-The Michigan Daily: “‘The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish’ a beautifully twisted debut novel.”
-The Carolina Quarterly: “Drowning and Burning for Art: A Review of The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish”
-Entropy: "August and September Small Press Releases."
-The Weekly Reader, WYPR. Review by Marion Winik.
-3 Book Girls, (review starts at 16:15).
-Sarah’s Bookshelves (podcast).
Interviews:
-Other Ppl with Brad Listi (podcast).
-The Spine (podcast).
-Bibliocracy (KPFK).
-The Story Behind the Story (KSQD).
-Reading Women (podcast).
-Bookin’ (podcast).
Excerpts:
-Electric Literature: Recommended Reading.
Press for German translation:
-Frankfurter Rundschau: ”Katya Apekina „Je tiefer das Wasser“: Menschen, die nicht gut füreinander sind.”
-ELLE Germany: “Reading has never been so stylish: which books you should definitely read in summer 2020 - including styling tips”
-ELLE Germany: “Best of: These are the 9 favorite ELLE books of 2020”
-NDR
-SWR2
Press for Spanish translation:
-Esquire: ”Los mejores libros para empezar el 2020.”
-El Pais: “Los debuts literarios más esperanzadores del año.”
-«El título más fascinante de los últimos tiempos. [...] El debut de Katya Apekina es deslumbrante.»
Rosa Belmonte, Mujer Hoy
-«Una especie de novela rusa sobre una familia americana que te regala una lectura adictiva con un nudo endemoniado sobre la fragilidad.»
Joana Bonet, La Vanguardia