{"product_id":"russian-gothic-by-aleksandr-skorobogatov","title":"Russian Gothic by Aleksandr Skorobogatov","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A short and great novel about madness, in the tradition of Gogol’s \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiary of a Madman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e– \u003cspan class=\"quote_source\"\u003eLe Soir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYears after the death of their beloved son, there is a knock at the door of Nikolai and Vera’s apartment. Introducing himself simply as ‘Sergeant Bertrand’, the unknown visitor triggers a precipitous journey into the depths of the human soul.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHailed as an early masterpiece of post-Soviet literature, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRussian Gothic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is now available in English for the first time. Three decades after it was written, its complex portrait of grief, misogyny, violence – and love – is as fresh, shocking and relevant as ever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTranslated by \u003cstrong\u003eIlona Yazhbin Chavasse\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin House Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57266672664954,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/3406\/3009\/files\/120.jpg?v=1789395645","url":"https:\/\/shop.pushkinhouse.org\/products\/russian-gothic-by-aleksandr-skorobogatov","provider":"Pushkin House Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}