{"product_id":"9781939931429","title":"The Year of the Comet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A clear poetic sensibility built to stand against the forces of erasure.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lebedev takes his place beside Solzhenitsyn and other great writers who have refused to abide by silence.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eOblivion \u003c\/i\u003ecomes \u003ci\u003eYear of the Comet\u003c\/i\u003e, a story of a Russian boyhood and coming of age as the Soviet Union is on the brink of collapse. An idyllic childhood takes a sinister turn.  Rumors of a serial killer haunt the neighborhood, families pack up and leave town without a word of warning, and the country begins to unravel. Policemen stand by as protesters overtake the streets, knowing that the once awe-inspiring symbols of power they wear on their helmets have become devoid of meaning. Lebedev depicts a vast empire coming apart at the seams, transforming a very public moment into something tender and personal, and writes with stunning beauty and shattering insight about childhood and the growing consciousness of a boy in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSergei Lebedev \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Moscow in 1981 and worked for seven years on geological expeditions in Russia and Central Asia. Lebedev is a poet, essayist and journalist. \u003ci\u003eOblivion\u003c\/i\u003e, his first novel, was published in 2016 by New Vessel Press, to great acclaim.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Vessel Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137768538352,"sku":"9781939931429","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781939931429_p0.jpg?v=1769897325","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939931429","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}