{"product_id":"offended-sensibilities-9781646052233","title":"Offended Sensibilities","description":"\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 \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50452898185490,"sku":"9781646052233","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7885e295-a5b5-4a83-be70-0b31a4a879de.jpg?v=1729826821","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/offended-sensibilities-9781646052233","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}