{"product_id":"defiant-voices-9781801104128","title":"Defiant Voices","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompiled before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and completed in its shadow, this groundbreaking anthology brings together voices from across two centuries of Russian literature – voices of exile and resistance, of defiance and survival.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the golden age of the nineteenth century to the contested present, these are stories that speak from within and against empire, censorship, and war. This collection confronts the cultural complicity of the Russian language while celebrating its power to resist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Sergei Lebedev – \u003ci\u003ethe best of Russia’s younger generation of writers\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e) – the anthology is structured around five interrelated but distinct literary strands:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eClassical Russian literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eEmigrant literature written in exile\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSoviet censored literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eUncensored Soviet literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePost-Soviet literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere you will find tales smuggled through samizdat, penned in prison cells, whispered in exile, and shouted into the void. They are stories that survived the Tsar’s censors, Stalin’s purges, and Putin’s propaganda. The result is a battlefield of ideas, where incompatible truths collide and endure, and which serves to prove the great power of the word; the magical power that literature has always wielded – particularly in Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews for Sergei Lebedev:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'One of Russia's most interesting young novelists' \u003cb\u003eAnne Applebaum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Lebedev is arguably the best of Russia's younger generation of writers' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'One of modern Russia's finest writers' \u003cb\u003ePhilippe Sands\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47548191867116,"sku":"9781801104128","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/f39eaa30776816a64ca1a746edaabf06.jpg?v=1776909110","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/defiant-voices-9781801104128","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}