{"product_id":"offended-sensibilities-paperback","title":"Offended Sensibilities - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGanieva Alisa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eApollonio Carol\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom political fictionalist Alisa Ganieva: a neo-noir portrait of a legal system in which everything is broken and no one is innocent.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOffended Sensibilities\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles a series of sudden deaths that occur among officials of a provincial Russian town. The events follow a notorious blasphemy law banning forms of expression that offend the sensibilities of religious believers - a law passed after Pussy Riot's infamous 2013 church-side protest that resulted in their arrest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this novel, Ganieva moves beyond the Dagestani setting of her previous award-winning books, published in English by Deep Vellum: \u003ci\u003e The Mountain and the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBride and Groom\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eOffended Sensibilities\u003c\/i\u003e, Ganieva seeks to address nationalism, Orthodox religiosity, sexuality, and political corruption. Suffused with a light touch and at times rollicking sense of humor, this timely, entertaining and thought-provoking novel can be read as an allegory for the current political, social, religious, and cultural climate in Russia today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlisa Ganieva is a writer of fiction and essays. In 2009, her first long story - Salam, Dalgat! about her native land in the Caucasus - won the prestigious Debut Prize a major literary award for young writers. Ganieva is the author of three novels, all of which have been published in English by Deep Vellum: \u003ci\u003eBride and Groom, The Mountain and the Wall, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOffended Sensibilities\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarol Apollonio teaches at Duke University. She is the author and editor of books about Russian literature, including \u003ci\u003eSimply Chekhov\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDostoevsky's Secrets; Chekhov's Letters\u003c\/i\u003e (with Radislav Lapushin); \u003ci\u003eThe New Russian Dostoevsky\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eChekhov for the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e (with Angela Brintlinger). A former conference interpreter, she has translated books from Russian and Japanese.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42157951287431,"sku":"9781646052233","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/014961137d53e63f940002b053afbe64.webp?v=1733254975","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/offended-sensibilities-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}