{"product_id":"9780385524421","title":"The Patriots","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sweeping multigenerational novel about idealism, betrayal, and family secrets set in the U.S. and Russia, from one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e’s Best of Young American Novelists\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Great Depression hits, Florence Fein leaves Brooklyn College for a job in Moscow—and the promise of love and independence. But once in Russia, she quickly becomes entangled in a country she can’t escape. Many years later, Florence’s son, Julian, immigrates back to the United States, though his work in the oil industry takes him on frequent visits to Moscow. When he learns that Florence’s KGB file has been opened, he arranges a business trip to uncover the truth about his mother, and to convince his son, Lenny—trying to make his fortune in Putin’s cutthroat Russia—to return home. What Julian discovers is both chilling and heartbreaking: an untold story of a generation of Americans abandoned by their country, and the secret history of two rival nations colluding under the cover of enmity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Patriots\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting evocation of the Cold War years, told with brilliant insight and extraordinary skill. Alternating between Florence’s and Julian’s perspectives, it is at once a mother-son story and a tale of two countries bound in a dialectic dance; a love story and a spy story; both a grand, old-fashioned epic and a contemporary novel of ideas. Through the history of one family moving back and forth between continents over three generations\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Patriots\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant tale of the power of love, the rewards and risks of friendship, and the secrets parents and children keep from one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Patriots\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Patriots\u003c\/i\u003e is a historical romance in the old style: multigenerational, multi-narrative, intercontinental, laden with back stories and historical research, moving between scrupulous detail and sweeping panoramas, the first-person voice and a kaleidoscopic third, melodrama and satire, Cleveland in 1933 and Moscow in 2008.”\u003cb\u003e—Nathaniel Rich, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dazzling and addictive . . . an outstanding family saga.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator \u003c\/i\u003e(U.K.)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Extraordinary . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Patriots\u003c\/i\u003e has the weight of a classic.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Commentary Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I found on every page an observation so acute, a sentence of such truth and shining detail, that it demanded re-reading for the sheer pleasure of it. \u003ci\u003eThe Patriots\u003c\/i\u003e has convinced me that Krasikov belongs among the totemic young writers of her era.”\u003cb\u003e—Khaled Hosseini, author of \u003ci\u003eAnd the Mountains Echoed \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Kite Runner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Patriots\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterwork, a \u003ci\u003eDr. Zhivago\u003c\/i\u003e for our times.”\u003cb\u003e—Yann Martel, author of \u003ci\u003eThe High Mountains of Portugal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A sustained feat of brilliance.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Anthony Marra, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tsar of Love and Techno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In a galvanizing tale of flawed and courageous protagonists, erotic and political passion, and harrowing struggles for survival, Krasikov masterfully and devastatingly exposes the ‘whole dark clockwork’ of totalitarianism and asks what it means to be a hero, a patriot, a human being.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ambitious and compelling.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eReviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008455033072,"sku":"9780385524421","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780385524421_p0.jpg?v=1763695128","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780385524421","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}