{"product_id":"2940014801744","title":"A Russian Schoolboy","description":"Eight-year-old Sergei lived an idyllic family life in the country, but in the winter of 1799, a terrible calamity occurred: he was sent to boarding school. This memoir beautifully recounts his life as he grows to early manhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough describing a childhood far away and long ago, Sergei Aksakov--an intimate of Nikolai Gogol's--makes us see and feel the young boy's life. The English writer John Bayley describes Aksakov's writing this way: \"One of [his] secrets is that he seems to co-exist equally with himself when young and when old, and never to call attention . . . to the difference between them.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThanks to Aksakov's twofold vision, A Russian Schoolboy pleases both young and old readers, making it a perfect cross-over title.","brand":"Dry, Paul Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162581156080,"sku":"2940014801744","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014801744_p0.jpg?v=1763616120","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014801744","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}