{"product_id":"defiant-voices-russian-short-stories-from-the-19th-to-the-21st-centuries-by-sergei-lebedev","title":"Defiant Voices: Russian Short Stories from the 19th to the 21st Centuries by Sergei Lebedev","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdited by Sergei Lebedev – 'the best of Russia's younger generation of writers' (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e–\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe anthology is structured around five interrelated but distinct literary strands:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. Classical Russian literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. Emigrant literature written in exile\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3. Soviet censored literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. Uncensored Soviet literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5. Post-Soviet literature\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews for Sergei Lebedev:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'One of Russia's most interesting young novelists' – \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Applebaum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Lebedev is arguably the best of Russia's younger generation of writers' – \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'One of modern Russia's finest writers'\u003c\/em\u003e – \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilippe Sands\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHardback\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin House Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56761897255290,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/3406\/3009\/files\/9781801104128_1.jpg?v=1775035233","url":"https:\/\/shop.pushkinhouse.org\/products\/defiant-voices-russian-short-stories-from-the-19th-to-the-21st-centuries-by-sergei-lebedev","provider":"Pushkin House Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}