Uploaded July 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
"The summer is a season when almost everything is permitted . . . it's just so hot and everybody is kind of floating in a dream," says critically acclaimed author Monika Zgustova. "I wanted to take advantage of this kind of environment where you are not yourself anymore."
Zgustova is the author of five novels, a collection of short stories, a biography, and two plays. Her work has been translated into nine languages and has won several prestigious awards, including the 2009 Mercè Rodoreda Award for short fiction. Her sultry novel Fresh Mint with Lemon delves into a triangle of love, power, and desire between a Russian art critic, an American artist, and a provocative activist.
Join Zgustova as she beautifully describes how a painter, a summer drink, and a cultured childhood inspired her to write the brilliant Fresh Mint with Lemon.
Learn more: openroadmedia.com/monika-zgustova
"The summer is a season when almost everything is permitted . . . it's just so hot and everybody is kind of floating in a dream," says critically acclaimed author Monika Zgustova. "I wanted to take advantage of this kind of environment where you are not yourself anymore."
Zgustova is the author of five novels, a collection of short stories, a biography, and two plays. Her work has been translated into nine languages and has won several prestigious awards, including the 2009 Mercè Rodoreda Award for short fiction. Her sultry novel Fresh Mint with Lemon delves into a triangle of love, power, and desire between a Russian art critic, an American artist, and a provocative activist.
Join Zgustova as she beautifully describes how a painter, a summer drink, and a cultured childhood inspired her to write the brilliant Fresh Mint with Lemon.
Learn more: openroadmedia.com/monika-zgustova
