{"product_id":"the-zekamaron-one-hundred-days-from-behind-bars-and-eyelashes-by-maxim-znak","title":"The Zekamaron: One Hundred Days from Behind Bars and Eyelashes by Maxim Znak","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 100 tales in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Zekameron\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eare based on the 14th century\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDecameron,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebut Znak is closer to Beckett than to Boccaccio. Banality and brutality vie with the human ability to overcome oppression. Znak's stories in different voices chart 100 days in prison in Belarus today. The tone is laconic, ironic; the humour dry. The stories bear witness to resistance and self-assertion and the genuine warmth and appreciation of fellow prisoners.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Minsk in 1981, international lawyer Maxim Znak was arrested in autumn 2020 and sentenced to ten years in prison in 2021. He is in prison in Belarus and is recognised by Amnesty as a prisoner of conscience. Znak wrote these stories from within prison, and they later found their way outside the prison walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stories were sent directly to Jim Dingley who previously translated two books from Belarus for Scotland Street Press. Dingley immediately sent the manuscript to Scotland Street Press. Its arrival was a huge consideration: would its publication endanger Znak's life, or agitate successfully for his release? By September 2021 this brilliant lawyer was already re-sentenced to ten years in a penal colony in the north of Belarus. His wife and sister urged Scotland Street Press to go ahead with publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by \u003cstrong\u003eJim and Ella Dingley\u003c\/strong\u003e. Introduction by \u003cstrong\u003eValzhyna Mort\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin House Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57465768640890,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/3406\/3009\/files\/9781910895757.jpg?v=1793030163","url":"https:\/\/shop.pushkinhouse.org\/products\/the-zekamaron-one-hundred-days-from-behind-bars-and-eyelashes-by-maxim-znak","provider":"Pushkin House Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}