Summary
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 relatio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529427790 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529427797 |
| Author: | Mikhail Shishkin, Gesche Ipsen |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | riverrun |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 28 March 2023 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 134mm x 30mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Shishkin is the most prominent Russian novelist of his generation. To compare him to Solzhenitsyn is no exaggeration… [An] important book * Sunday Times *
An elegant blend of history, biography and polemic * Daily Telegraph *
Often sings with powerfully estranged, original observations… minutiae and grand philosophy collide on every page. * Boris Fishman, The New York Times Book Review (on The Light and The Dark) *
Shishkin is interested in what is most precious and singular in classic Russian fiction: the passionate inquiry into what, in Maidenhair, is called the ‘soul, quintessence, pollen.’ * Sam Sacks, The Wall Street Journal (on The Light and The Dark) *
About The Author
Mikhail Shishkin
Born in 1961 in Moscow, Mikhail Shishkin is one of the most prominent names in contemporary Russian literature, and is the only author to have won all three major Russian Literary Prizes. He lives in Zurich.
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