{"product_id":"sankya-hardcover","title":"Sankya - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZakhar Prilepin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlexey Navalny\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eMariya Gusev\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSasha \"\u003cstrong\u003eSankya\u003c\/strong\u003e\" Tishin, and his friends are part of a generation stuck between eras. They don't remember the Soviet Union, but they also don't believe in the promise of opportunity for all in the corrupt, capitalistic new \u003cstrong\u003eRussia\u003c\/strong\u003e. They belong to an extremist group that wants to build a better Russia by tearing down the existing one. Sasha, alternately thoughtful and naïve, violent and tender, dispassionate and romantic, hopeful and hopeless, is torn between the dying village of his youth and the soulless capital, where he and his friends stage rowdy protests and do battle with the police. When they go too far, Sasha finds himself testing the elemental force of the protest movement in Russia and in himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 2006, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSankya\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is even more relevant today as a prism through which to view the recent large-scale actions against Vladimir Putin. It is Prilepin's first novel and is widely considered his best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlagoslav Publications neither shares nor assumes responsibility for author's political and other views and opinions as expressed or interpreted in this book.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 350\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713167003711,"sku":"9781783840175","price":43.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9d5e1bfedd78856deee273dc784c4184.webp?v=1765063695","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/sankya-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}