{"product_id":"9781783840137","title":"A Russian Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmidst the political unrest that divides Ukraine lately, Eugenia Kononenko explores the Ukrainian burden of the “Russian scenario” in her new novel A Russian Story\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe is young, intelligent, well educated, with patriotic sentiments. But certain misunderstandings oblige him to flee from Ukraine. For some reason, everything in his life builds up to a certain Russian scenario. So to what extent should one burden Ukrainians with the outcome of this Russian Story? Finding himself involuntarily identified with Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, the hero of the novel, Eugene Samarsky, becomes a 'superfluous man' in Ukraine. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe novel by Eugenia Kononenko deals with love and the quest for one’s own identity, with the vaguely remembered circumstances rendering life nonsensical in Ukraine during the last years of the empire and the early years of independence. It considers the possibility of a mid-Atlantic meeting in today's globalised world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis title has been realised by a team of the following dedicated professionals: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTranslated by Patrick John Corness,\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaxim Hodak - Максим Ходак (Publisher),\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMax Mendor - Макс Мендор (Director),\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYana Kovalskaya and Camilla Stein.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glagoslav Publications Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152413147376,"sku":"9781783840137","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783840137_p0.jpg?v=1763726681","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783840137","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}