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My Russia: War or Peace?
Mikhail Shishkin; Translated by Gesche Ipsen
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In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not
a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma': we just don't
know enough about it. So what is the real story behind Putin's
autocratic regime and its invasion of Ukraine? In My Russia: War or
Peace? Shishkin traces the roots of Russia's problems, from the
'Kievan Rus' via the Grand Duchy of Moscow, empire, revolution and
Cold War, to the now thirty-year-old Russian Federation. He
explores the uneasy relationship between state and citizens,
explains Russian attitudes to people's rights and democracy, and
proposes that there are really two Russian peoples: the
disillusioned and disaffected, who suffer from 'slave mentality',
and those who embrace 'European' values and try to stand up to
oppression. Both deeply personal and taking a broader historical
view, My Russia is a passionate, eye-opening account of a state
entangled in a complex and bloody past, as well as a love letter to
a conflicted country. Will Russia continue its vicious circle of
upheaval and autocracy, or will its people find a way out of
history - and how can we help?
In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not
a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma': we just don't
know enough about it. So what is the real story behind Putin's
autocratic regime and its invasion of Ukraine? In My Russia: War or
Peace? Shishkin traces the roots of Russia's problems, from the
'Kievan Rus' via the Grand Duchy of Moscow, empire, revolution and
Cold War, to the now thirty-year-old Russian Federation. He
explores the uneasy relationship between state and citizens,
explains Russian attitudes to people's rights and democracy, and
proposes that there are really two Russian peoples: the
disillusioned and disaffected, who suffer from 'slave mentality',
and those who embrace 'European' values and try to stand up to
oppression. Both deeply personal and taking a broader historical
view, My Russia is a passionate, eye-opening account of a state
entangled in a complex and bloody past, as well as a love letter to
a conflicted country. Will Russia continue its vicious circle of
upheaval and autocracy, or will its people find a way out of
history - and how can we help?
In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not
a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma': we just don't
know enough about it. So what is the real story behind Putin's
autocratic regime and its invasion of Ukraine? In My Russia: War or
Peace? Shishkin traces the roots of Russia's problems, from the
'Kievan Rus' via the Grand Duchy of Moscow, empire, revolution and
Cold War, to the now thirty-year-old Russian Federation. He
explores the uneasy relationship between state and citizens,
explains Russian attitudes to people's rights and democracy, and
proposes that there are really two Russian peoples: the
disillusioned and disaffected, who suffer from 'slave mentality',
and those who embrace 'European' values and try to stand up to
oppression. Both deeply personal and taking a broader historical
view, My Russia is a passionate, eye-opening account of a state
entangled in a complex and bloody past, as well as a love letter to
a conflicted country. Will Russia continue its vicious circle of
upheaval and autocracy, or will its people find a way out of
history - and how can we help?
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Maidenhair (Paperback)
Mikhail Shishkin
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R547
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"Maidenhair" is composed of three main storylines: an
interpreter listening to the stories of refugees, the letters he
sends to his son, and the diaries of a Russian opera singer in the
early 1900s. An instant classic of Russian literature, it was a
finalist for the Best Translated Book Award.
"A welcome volume of stories from Russia's finest contemporary
fiction writer, Mikhail Shishkin, full of his typical fusing of
mysticism and modernist experimentation." --Sam Sacks, Wall Street
Journal The first English-language collection of short stories by
Russia's greatest contemporary author, Mikhail Shishkin, the only
author to win all three of Russia's most prestigious literary
awards. Often included in discussions of Nobel Prize contenders,
Shishkin is a master prose writer in the breathtakingly beautiful
style of the greatest Russian authors, known for complex, allusive
novels about universal and emotional themes. Shishkin's stories
read like modern versions of the eternal literature written by his
greatest inspirations: Boris Pasternak, Ivan Bunin, Leo Tolstoy,
and Mikhail Bulgakov. Shishkin's short fiction is the perfect
introduction to his breathtaking oeuvre, his stories touch on the
same big themes as his novels, spanning discussions of love and
loss, death and eternal life, emigration and exile. Calligraphy
Lesson spans Shishkin's entire writing career, including his first
published story, the 1993 Debut Prize--winning "Calligraphy
Lesson," and his most recent story "Nabokov's Inkblot," which was
written for a dramatic adaptation performed in Zurich in 2013.
Mikhail Shishkin (b. 1961 in Moscow) is one of the most prominent
names in contemporary Russian literature. A former interpreter for
refugees in Switzerland, Shishkin divides his time between Moscow,
Switzerland, and Germany.
Fate sends two star-crossed lovers, Sasha and Volodenka, on two
separate journeys across space and time. Sasha finds herself as a
young woman in a time not far from the present day. Volodenka finds
himself as a young soldier in a horrific conflict at the turn of
the twentieth century. Yet, despite their cosmic schism, their
letters still reach one another; as he helps her to come to terms
with life and she helps him to come to terms with death. Half male,
half female; half exploration of the physical and the immediate,
half meditation on the intangible and the infinite, The Light and
the Dark is a literary feat as balanced and beautiful as it is
prodigious and profound.
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