{"product_id":"twelve-stories-of-russia-a-novel-i-guess-paperback","title":"Twelve Stories of Russia: A novel, I guess - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. J. Perry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen an eager American moves to Moscow to teach Russians the difference between \u003cem\u003ethe\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ea\u003c\/em\u003e, he begins what will become an eventful six-and-a-half-year descent into the murky entrails of language, culture, and the world's greatest metro system. Part surrealistic travelogue, part historical serendipity, \u003cem\u003eTwelve Stories\u003c\/em\u003e is at its most enduring as a fanciful rumination on the elusiveness of words.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwelve Stories of Russia\u003c\/em\u003e was originally published in Moscow by the independent publisher GLAS, where it quietly gained a following among expats and locals alike. Unique in its appeal to both sides of the linguistic and cultural divide, the work has remained largely unknown beyond Russia. Now, almost a generation after its narrator's lively quest for \u003cem\u003ethe word that changes and is changed\u003c\/em\u003e, this emphatic \"novel, I guess\" is being released to a wider audience for the first time, its subject matter as universal and its themes as timely as ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45688250990789,"sku":"9780990915065","price":28.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/d3V2cS91RVAvcWIrUG8zM0VPME1tdz09.webp?v=1769259878","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/twelve-stories-of-russia-a-novel-i-guess-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}