Offended Sensibilities

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By Alisa Ganieva

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In Offended Sensibilities, Alisa Ganieva weaves a tale set in a small town where a series of strange events unsettle the local community. The narrative explores themes of gossip, rumour, and moral panic, highlighting the intersection of personal and collective crises. With a touch of dark humour, Ganieva captures the intricate dynamics of societal tensions in this vivid tale of intrigue and cultural commentary.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in contemporary social critiques set against a backdrop of political intrigue and personal drama. This novel delves into the complexities of life in a small community, exploring themes of identity, tradition, and modernity, with a sharp, insightful perspective that brings the characters and their struggles vividly to life.

Offended Sensibilities

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From political fictionalist Alisa Ganieva: a neo-noir portrait of a legal system in which everything is broken and no one is innocent.

Offended Sensibilities chronicles a series of sudden deaths that occur among officials of a provincial Russian town. The events follow a notorious blasphemy law banning forms of expression that offend the sensibilities of religious believers—a law passed after Pussy Riot's infamous 2013 church-side protest that resulted in their arrest.

With this novel, Ganieva moves beyond the Dagestani setting of her previous award-winning books, published in English by Deep Vellum: The Mountain and the Wall and Bride and Groom. In Offended Sensibilities, Ganieva seeks to address nationalism, Orthodox religiosity, sexuality, and political corruption. Suffused with a light touch and at times rollicking sense of humour, this timely, entertaining and thought-provoking novel can be read as an allegory for the current political, social, religious, and cultural climate in Russia today.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781646052233

Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 December 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Deep Vellum Publishing

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by Carol Apollonio

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 252

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About the Author

Alisa Ganieva is a writer of fiction and essays. In 2009, her first long story - "Salam, Dalgat!" about her native land in the Caucasus - won the prestigious Debut Prize a major literary award for young writers. Ganieva is the author of three novels, all of which have been published in English by Deep Vellum: Bride and Groom, The Mountain and the Wall, and Offended Sensibilities.

Carol Apollonio teaches at Duke University. She is the author and editor of books about Russian literature, including Simply Chekhov and Dostoevsky's Secrets; Chekhov's Letters (with Radislav Lapushin); The New Russian Dostoevsky; and Chekhov for the 21st Century (with Angela Brintlinger). A former conference interpreter, she has translated books from Russian and Japanese.