{"product_id":"9780349012681","title":"Good Citizens Need Not Fear","description":"Author: Maria Reva\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349012681\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 Apr 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eENDLING\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Bright, funny, satirical and relevant. . . . A new talent to watch!' \u003c\/b\u003eMARGARET ATWOOD (via Twitter)\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis brilliant and bitingly funny novel-in-stories, set in and around a single crumbling apartment building in Soviet-era Ukraine, heralds the arrival of a major new talent.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA cast of unforgettable characters--citizens of the small industrial town of Kirovka--populate Maria Reva's ingeniously entwined tales that span the chaotic years leading up to and immediately following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989. Weaving the strands of the narrative together is an unforgettable, chameleon-like young woman named Zaya: an orphan turned beauty-pageant crasher who survives the extraordinary circumstances of her childhood through a compelling combination of ferocity, intelligence, stubbornness and wit.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by her own family's history, Reva's \u003ci\u003eGood Citizens Need Not Fear \u003c\/i\u003etakes us from paranoia to tenderness and back again, exploring what it is to be an individual amid the roiling forces of history.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A comic triumph' \u003c\/b\u003eGLOBE AND MAIL\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Bang-on brilliant' \u003c\/b\u003eMIRIAM TOEWS\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Luminous' \u003c\/b\u003eYANN MARTEL\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Outstanding' \u003c\/b\u003eANTHONY DOERR\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Maria Reva's enthralling debut of interlinked short stories achieves the double effect of timelessness and timeliness'\u003c\/b\u003e KAPKA KASSABOVA, \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE DAY","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46697601564830,"sku":"ADS-9780349012681","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349012681.jpg?v=1775718088","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349012681","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}