{"product_id":"2940169228281","title":"The Possessed","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlso known as \u003ci\u003eDemons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Possessed\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful socio-political novel about revolutionary ideas and the radicals behind them. It follows the career of Pyotr Stepanovitch Verhovensky, a political terrorist who leads a group of Nihilists on a demonic quest for societal breakdown. They are consumed by their desires and ideals, and have surrendered themselves fully to the darkness of their `demons¿. This possession leads them to engulf a quiet provincial town and subject it to a storm of violence. Inspired by a real political killing in 1869, the book is an impassioned response to the ideologies of European liberalism and nihilism, which threatened Russian Orthodoxy; it eerily predicted the Russian Revolution, which would take place fifty years later. Funny, shocking and tragic, it is a profound and affecting work with deep philosophical discourses about God, human freedom and political revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naxos Audiobooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179697160432,"sku":"2940169228281","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169228281_p0.jpg?v=1763675638","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169228281","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}