{"product_id":"the-zekameron-one-hundred-tales-from-behind-bars-and-eyelashes-9781910895757","title":"The Zekameron: One hundred tales from behind bars and eyelashes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e'100 Stories from Prison in Belarus' is a collection of 100 stories written from prison in Belarus, translated from Russian by Jim and Ella Dingley, with an introduction by Valzhyna Mort. It has been shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize 2024 and won the English PEN Award 2023. The book offers a terse account of painful experience, prison, bewilderment, and is full of dry wit and small biting observations. Despite its bleak context, it is a fundamentally optimistic book that engages comically with what it means to be human. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 01 March 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Scotland Street Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWINNER OF ENGLISH PEN AWARD 2023\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE REPUBLIC OF CONSCIOUSNESS PRIZE 2024\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003e“How did these stories get into your hands? They flew, as if painted by Marc Chagall, through prison walls, borders, and languages.”\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003e- Valzhyna Mort\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003e“It's a terse account of painful experience, prison, bewilderment; hugely atmospheric and extremely funny – full of dry wit and small biting observations.”\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003e- Anna Vaught\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003e100 stories written from prison in Belarus with echoes of early Chekhov, Zoshchenko and Samuel Beckett (Michael Pursglove).\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDespite its bleak context, this is a fundamentally optimistic book, engaging comically, yet honestly, with what it means to be human. Translated from the Russian by Jim and Ella Dingley. With an introduction by 'risen star of the international poetry world Valzhyna Mort.\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 244g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 129 x 199 x 23 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781910895757\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maxim Znak","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44099003285754,"sku":"9781910895757","price":11.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1677840186360_book.jpg?v=1677918168","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-zekameron-one-hundred-tales-from-behind-bars-and-eyelashes-9781910895757","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}