{"product_id":"9781784350789","title":"Borislav is Laughing: Boryslav Smiyet'sya","description":"\"Borislav Is Laughing\" is novel by the Ukrainian author Ivan Franko. Together with \"Boa-Constrictor\" and a number of short stories, it describes the development of the oil industry in the Borislav region - the rise and growth of both the oil barons and the oil workers. Franko made a close study of his subject.\u003cbr\u003eThis was thee first time the workers' theme was dealt with in Ukrainian literature - and one of the first in world literature. Of \"Borislav Is Laughing\" Ivan Franko wrote:\u003cbr\u003e\"This was an attempt to show the native labour movement of the Borislav oil workers, which ended with the great Borislav fire in the autumn of 1873.\"","brand":"JiaHu Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047798915312,"sku":"9781784350789","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781784350789_p0.jpg?v=1763725913","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781784350789","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}