{"product_id":"be-as-children-9781912868346","title":"Be as Children","description":"At the center of \u003ci\u003eBe As Children\u003c\/i\u003e is an ailing Vladimir Lenin, infected not with syphilis, as some historians have claimed, but with Christian fervor. Regressing stroke by stroke to an infancy of his own, he renounces his faith in the proletariat and puts all his hope in the many children left homeless and orphaned by the Civil War. Only they will be loyal to the cause and only they can save it. Around this story Sharov weaves two other plots: a murderer who converts a Siberian people to Christianity and the life story of a female holy fool. Epic in scope and highly original in execution, Be as Little Children shows exactly why, since his untimely death in 2018, Vladimir Sharov has been widely celebrated in Russia as one of the few outstanding novelists of his era and a true heir to the classic authors of the nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSharov, Vladimir:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - A historian of late-medieval Russia by training \u003cb\u003eVladimir Sharov\u003c\/b\u003e (1952-2018), first turned to fiction in the late 1970s. It was not until the 1990s, however, that his extraordinarily imaginative and daring novels come to the attention of the public. When they did, they caused acrimony and controversy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore and During\u003c\/i\u003e in 2014 was his first novel to appear in English, which was followed in 2018 by \u003ci\u003eThe Rehearsals\u003c\/i\u003e and now \u003ci\u003eBe As Children\u003c\/i\u003e, all translated by Oliver Ready. He has won all the major Russian literary prizes including the Booker Prize in 2014.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReady, Oliver:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eOliver Ready's\u003c\/b\u003e translations include five books for Dedalus: \u003ci\u003eThe Zero Train\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Prussian Bride\u003c\/i\u003e by Yuri Buida and \u003ci\u003eBefore and During, The Rehearsals\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBe As Children\u003c\/i\u003e by Vladimir Sharov. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOliver Ready's translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Prussian Bride\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the inaugural Russian Translation Prize in 2005 and his translation of \u003ci\u003eBefore and During\u003c\/i\u003e won The Read Russia Prize 2015 and \u003ci\u003eThe Rehearsals\u003c\/i\u003e won The Read Russia Prize for the best translation of a contemporary Russian novel into any language in 2018.","brand":"Dedalus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51500372099346,"sku":"9781912868346","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3705bcef-a862-4bcd-85f8-5bdc32b6fed3.jpg?v=1753190555","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/be-as-children-9781912868346","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}