{"product_id":"9781938604515","title":"Sankya","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The novel is so vivid that it seems to be almost extremist.\"—Komsomolskaya Pravda\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSank'ya\u003c\/i\u003e is an examination of the elements of rebellion and protest. The novel, drawing on Zakhar Prilepin's own experiences, follows Sasha (whose grandmother calls him Sank'ya), a member of an extremist revolutionary group, as he tests the elemental force of the protest movement in Russia and in himself. Sank'ya faces a stark choice in the novel's climax: whether to return to the villages (the unseen Russia) and accept the political fates or to engage the authorities in open rebellion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 2006, \u003ci\u003eSank'ya\u003c\/i\u003e is even more relevant today as a prism through which to view the recent large-scale actions against Vladimir Putin. It is Prilepin's first novel and is widely considered his best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZakhar Prilepin\u003c\/b\u003e, born near Ryazan in 1975, lives in Nizhny Novgorod where he is the regional editor of the independent newspaper \u003ci\u003eNovaya Gazeta\u003c\/i\u003e. Prilepin had a varied life before dedicating himself to writing, spending time as a student, as a laborer, as a journalist, and as a soldier, serving with the Special Forces in Chechnya.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dzanc Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033792495856,"sku":"9781938604515","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938604515_p0.jpg?v=1763664542","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938604515","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}