{"product_id":"2940148937258","title":"Moscow and Muscovites","description":"Vladimir Gilyarovsky's classic portrait of the Russian capital is one of Russians’ most beloved books. Yet it has never before been translated into English. Until now!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGilyarovsky's self-described \"chronicle\" is a spectactular verbal pastiche: conversation, from gutter gibberish to the drawing room; oratory, from illiterates to aristocrats; prose, from boilerplate to Tolstoy; poetry, from earthy humor to Pushkin. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1926, this work has been translated into English for the first time and it positively teems with rich descriptions and vivid anecdotes:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...from the depths of Moscow’s sewers to the murky back \u003cbr\u003erooms of its gambling dens...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...from the steam-filled halls of banyas to the dining rooms of posh restaurants and workers’ taverns...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e...from the lives of students and waiters to the struggles\u003cbr\u003eof market traders and heroic firemen...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGilyarovsky’s book documents pre-Soviet life in the Russian capital like no work before or since. This first-ever English translation includes dozens of historical photos, poems in the original Russian, an index, and maps.","brand":"Russian Life Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068006809840,"sku":"2940148937258","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148937258_p0.jpg?v=1763710166","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148937258","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}