The Cremulator is Saša Filipienka’s most acclaimed novel and the winner of the French Transfuge Prize for Best European Novel of 2023.

Beginning in June 1941, the story follows the fate of Pyotr Nesterenko, the first director of the Moscow crematorium, through investigative records, testimonies, and diaries. Set against the backdrop of war, revolution, emigration, and Stalinist terror, the novel explores the inner world of a man confronted with impossible moral choices and the violence of the twentieth century.

Language: Belarusian
Cover: softcover
Number of pages: 244
Place of publication: Poland