The Purchased Bride
by Peter Constantine
Deep Vellum, 2023. Bulgarian translation, Купената булка, Бард
Publishers, 2024. Russian translation, Купленная Невеста, Eksmo Publishers, 2024
Based on a true story set in the final years of the Ottoman Empire, The Purchased Bride tells the tale of Maria, a Greek girl who was bought at age fifteen by a much older, wealthy Ottoman man.