E. Annie Proulx's novel The Sins of the Accordion is a magical saga spanning the entire history of the past century and an entire continent, an undisputed masterpiece of mystical realism, a veritable encyclopedia of the cultural influences of the many ethnic groups that made up the American nation. A wide panorama of characters and a treasury of stories told by the author put the book among the outstanding achievements of world epic literature of the 20th century.

Modern American classic Edna Annie Proulx is a winner of the Pulitzer and National Book Awards and the Faulkner Prize awarded by International PEN -club. The novel “Sins of the Accordion” is published in Russian for the first time.