Summary
‘Freedom does not exist unless you fight for it every day.’
Maria Alyokhina always wanted to change the system - but, as protests go, this didn’t seem like a big deal. One gloomy February morning in 2012, wearing a balaclava, she performed a protest song in Moscow Cathedral with the group Pussy Riot. It only lasted forty seconds. But as a result she was sentenced to two years in one of the hardest prison systems in the world, sent hundreds of miles away, forced to leave her young son …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141986616 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141986611 |
| Author: | Maria Alyokhina |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 7 June 2018 |
| Weight: | 150g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 14mm |
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Reading: RIOT DAYS, by #PussyRiot member MariaAlyokhina. A women’s prison memoir like no other! One tough cookie!
Reading: RIOT DAYS, by #PussyRiot member MariaAlyokhina. A women’s prison memoir like no other! One tough cookie! – @MargaretAtwood
A future cult classic * Vogue *
Riot Days could so easily have been a straightforward, from-the-horse’s-mouth confessional account of one of the most publicised political protests of recent years. Alyokhina takes on a far greater challenge: creating a text that is not just a reflection on a piece of art, but becomes one itself, and one that, in many places, lives up to her own criteria of protest: that it must be “desperate, sudden, and joyous” – Rachel Hewitt * Guardian *
The literary equivalent of guerrilla street art – Marc Bennetts * The Times *
Urgent and bold – Anna Aslanyan * Financial Times *
[An] energetic and enjoyable prison diary … A search for meaningful protest in an age in which presidents often appear to be playful performance artists – Peter Pomerantsev * Spectator *
Alyokhina’s eye for surreal detail gives Riot Days a welcome dose of dark humor … Through the chinks in the abusive system, Alyokhina glimpses human beings * The New York Times Book Review *
Strong, brave, honest, touching, bitter and sad – Vladimir Sorokin, master of contemporary Russian literature
One of the most brilliant and inspiring things I’ve read in years. Couldn’t put it down. This book is freedom – Chris Kraus, author of ‘I Love Dick’
Accessible and inspiring * Huck Magazine *
About The Author
Maria Alyokhina
Maria Alyokhina is a political activist, artist and member of Pussy Riot collective. Her first book, Riot Days, was highly acclaimed and translated into many languages.
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